As Washington stalls, 24 legislatures move to make environment less toxic


As Washington stalls, 24 legislatures move to make environment less toxic


For a timely reminder that Team Trump can’t halt all progress toward an American environment less toxic to human health, consider a new survey of state-level lawmaking around the country.

More than 120 measures aimed at reducing hazardous chemical exposure in everyday life are moving in American legislatures this year, according to the latest annual count by the Safer States coalition.  The tally has grown by a dozen in the last couple of weeks and may increase further....

....It`s interesting to note that, by Safer States’ count, Minnesota is also a leader in past actions to reduce the risk of environmental exposure to chemical hazards: 10 successful efforts going back to 2007, more than any other state except Vermont (11), Illinois (14) and, no surprise, California (25).

In all, the group counts 173 significant measures adopted by 35 states since 2000. (Thanks only in part to Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin scores a perfect 0 in both current proposals and past actions counted by the Bill Tracker.)...

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Ken Notes: Zero really??? Very interesting list of issues and initiatives at the link...

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