Janice Schakowsky actually said...

"Ensuring that new chemicals are safe is essential to addressing regrettable replacements where one toxic chemical is being phased out just to replace it by another analogous and equally toxic chemical..."

"it seems to me that if EPA is relying on personal protective equipment to address the risk to workers, it should impose requirements for the use of such equipment."

"Are the workers required to know about this as well or is it just the person that is in charge implementing the rule?"

"Oversight of the Lautenberg Act is long overdue. I am very concerned about--that implementation of the act has veered from congressional intent, putting vulnerable populations at work."