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Stakeholders urge DTSC and legislature to speed up Safer Consumer Products action on PFAS and microplastics
Summary
Industry, environmental groups and public‑health advocates told legislators DTSC's Safer Consumer Products program has scientific strengths but is moving too slowly; speakers urged use of SB 502 and AB 347 authorities, funding for enforcement and legislative action on PFAS to accelerate protective rules.
Stakeholders from environmental groups, industry and public‑health organizations told the Senate and Assembly oversight committees that California's Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program has technical capacity but needs to deliver faster results to reduce chemical exposures.
Avi Carr of the Natural Resources Defense Council said SCP has made important scientific progress — including candidate chemical lists, PFAS work and a proposal to add…
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