What do you know about the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010?

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Breaking news from Capitol Hill: Congressmen Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Henry Waxman (D-CA) have just introduced the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 (H.R.5820).

That means we've got bills in both the House and the Senate that would attempt to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 — which, public health advocates say, doesn't do a whit of good when it comes to actually controlling the toxic substances we're exposed to every day. We're talking about formaldehyde in your sofa, flame retardants on your mattress, polyvinyl chloride in your shower curtain, and thousands of potentially toxic chemicals in your cosmetics.

Richard Denison, PhD, senior scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund, has a great post up that breaks down the key differences between our current chemical regulation and what the new bill would do.

Keep reading to learn more about the Chemical Reform Changes.