PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental
Statutes to Regulate PFAS
Senate Committee Approved Bill that Would Require Guidance on
Reducing Firefighter Exposure to PFAS
Regulatory Developments
EPA Makes Changes to New Chemicals Program Likely to Further
Complicate, Slow Reviews
EPA Takes Steps to Set PFAS Agenda
OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard
Since 2012
EPA Said Interim Rule to Amend TSCA Mercury Reporting
Requirements Was Forthcoming
Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and
Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production
EPA Announced Temporary Regulatory Relief for PIP (3:1)
Prohibition, Opened Broader Review of Five TSCA PBT Risk Management
The Biden administration appears to be highly motivated to fix the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) system that has been considered "broken" by experts for years.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced legislation Wednesday to reduce lead hazards in homes.
Gillibrand says the Home Lead Safety Tax Credit Act of 2021 would create flexible tax credits up to $4,000 to cover the cost of abating lead hazards in paint, pipes, or soil.
According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, approximately 22 million homes across the United States still contain potentially hazardous sources of lead.
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Gillibrand, a New York Democrat who sits on the Senate s Special Committee on Aging, says many older Americans and people living with disabilities find themselves forced to choose between keeping up with their medications and keeping up with rent and other bill payments. And while they do that, big pharmaceutical companies have raked in tens of billions of dollars in profits.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, speaking Monday in Niagara Falls. With her are (left to right) Niagara Falls Mayor Robert Restaino and John Kinner, President & CEO of the Health Association of Niagara County Inc. and Complete Senior Care.
Top general drops opposition to change in military sexual assault policy
By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press,Updated May 3, 2021, 6:38 p.m.
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President Biden was flanked by Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley to his left and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to his right as he arrived at the Pentagon in Washington in February. Milley said he is now open to considering a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of military commanders, ta potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military.Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
WASHINGTON â In a potentially significant shift in the debate over combating sexual assault in the military, the nationâs top general says he is dropping his opposition to a proposal to take decisions on sexual assault prosecution out of the hands of commanders.