Senators Agree on Product Safety Bill
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Lawmakers reached an agreement yesterday on a Senate bill that clears the way for the first major overhaul of the nation's consumer product safety system in a generation.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market, and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a new law. The European Parliament passed the law, one of the most complex and far-reaching commission regulations ever, after years of haggling marked by intense lobbying by the European chemicals industry and by protests from environmentalists who sought more restraints on the industry. The law, a compromise balancing health and environmental concerns against fears that excessive red tape would stifle business, puts the burden of proof on companies to show that industrial chemicals and substances used in everyday products are safe. It is likely to take effect in mid-2007.
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GREENER VEHICLES: The Senate passed a trimmed-back energy bill Thursday that would bring higher-gas mileage cars and SUVs into showrooms in the coming decade and fill their tanks with ethanol.
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A House subcommittee approved legislation yesterday that would give US regulators new power to oversee drug safety by ordering changes on pharmaceutical labels and forcing drug makers to conduct studies of products after they're on the market.
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Phone companies that took part in President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program would receive retroactive immunity from lawsuits under a bill passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday by the Democratic-led Senate.
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An energy bill requiring greater fuel efficiency in US cars and trucks has been passed by the Senate.
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Science & environment: Governments should have secured 'robust' measures to prevent environmental damage, MPs say
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WASHINGTON -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday gained broad new powers to ensure the safety of prescription drugs used by millions of Americans under a bill President Bush signed into law.
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Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation that would require makers of drugs and medical devices to register clinical trials of their products in a public database.
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Mattel Inc. CEO Robert Eckert and U.S. product safety inspectors will face questions from senators next week as Congress begins probes of toy safety
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Opponents of the cloning of animals score a major victory when the Senate passes an amendment to the farm bill that would require more research on the safety of cloned meat before it reaches your grocery store. The amendment isn't law yet, though, and still must survive a closed-door meeting between Senate and House committees.
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The European Parliament approves legislation to control the use of toxic chemicals in industry.
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Senators reached agreement yesterday on a proposal to increase automobile fuel economy standards to 35 miles per gallon, the first significant boost demanded of automakers in nearly 20 years.
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Democratic lawmakers in Congress introduced legislation yesterday that would require makers of drugs and medical devices to register clinical trials of their products in a public database when they start and report the test results on it.
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TechWeb - The Senate asks consumers and companies to work together and protect themselves from the dangers of the Internet.
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IN BASEBALL lingo, Senator Kennedy went one for two last week. His immigration bill went down to defeat, but the Senate health committee approved unanimously a compromise bill setting out a pathway for approval of copycat versions of high-cost biotechnology medicines. The bill balances the interests of the pioneering companies that first develop the medications -- used to treat diseases ...
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Senate leaders announced an agreement this evening to put a comprehensive immigration bill back on track for further debate and possible passage.