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He has received numerous awards, most recently the 2011 E.B. Hershberg Award for Important Discoveries in Medicinally Active Substances from the American Chemical Society, the 2009 Perkin Medal, from the Society of Chemical Industry, and, in 2009, was inducted into the American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame; this year he also was named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society.

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Believe it or not, we do have a law intended to protect us from toxic chemicals, but needless to say the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 TSCA is grossly ineffective and long overdue for a major overhaul.

Laurie David: Hold That Receipt, Thank You Laurie David 2011

The Heritage memorandum claims that if Prop 19 were approved, it would conflict with the federal criminal statute, the Controlled Substances Act and thus "invite litigation that would almost certainly result in [Prop 19] being struck down" as unconstitutional.

Tim Lynch: Pot Shots at Prop 19 Fall Flat Tim Lynch 2010

The Heritage memorandum claims that if Prop 19 were approved, it would conflict with the federal criminal statute, the Controlled Substances Act and thus "invite litigation that would almost certainly result in [Prop 19] being struck down" as unconstitutional.

Tim Lynch: Pot Shots at Prop 19 Fall Flat Tim Lynch 2010

Attorney General Eric Holder last week promised "We will vigorously enforce the [Controlled Substances Act] against those individuals and organizations that possess, manufacture or distribute marijuana for recreational use, even if such activities are permitted under state law."

Kevin Zeese: Is Eric Holder Serious About Enforcing the Marijuana Laws? Kevin Zeese 2010

The study should be a "call to action" to overhaul the main law that regulates chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control Act, which hasn't been updated since 1976, says Andy Igrejas, national campaign director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, an advocacy group.

Study finds toxic chemicals in pregnant womens' bodies 2011

According to an EPA news release about the sampling, These screening data were evaluated against the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) air short-term health standards in order to provide an initial assessment of air quality.

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The Act, which aims to update an outdated Toxic Substances Control Act, which was passed in 1976 and has never been updated, was re-introduced in April to the Senate as the "Safe Chemicals Act of 2011."

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Push a Stroller; Change the World Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011

The study should be a "call to action" to overhaul the main law that regulates chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control Act, which hasn't been updated since 1976, says Andy Igrejas, national campaign director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families, an advocacy group.

Study finds toxic chemicals in pregnant womens' bodies 2011

The Natural Resources Defense Council recently published a fascinating report called "The Delay Game: How the Chemical Industry Ducks Regulation of the Most Toxic Substances," which analyzes how "the chemical industry has prevented EPA from completing or updating health assessments of some of the most widely used toxic chemicals in the country -- well-known poisons like arsenic, formaldehyde and hex chrome, and some of their less well-known cousins such as TCE, styrene and tetrachloroethylene."

Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff: Push a Stroller; Change the World Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff 2011