Committee Sends Chemical Safety Measure on to Full Senate Vote

A U.S. Senate committee on Wednesday signed off on the first major update to the nation’s chemical safety laws since 1976, referring the measure to the full Senate on a party-line vote.The Safe Chemicals Act, sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., would expand the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate dangerous chemicals and require chemical manufacturers to pro...