In summary, according to the bill's authors the Safe Chemicals Act would:
- Require manufacturers to develop and submit safety data for each chemical they produce, while avoiding duplicative or unnecessary testing.
- Prioritize chemicals based on risk, so that EPA can focus resources on evaluating those most likely to cause harm while working through the backlog of untested existing chemicals.
- Place the burden of proof on chemical manufacturers to demonstrate the safety of their chemicals.
- Restrict uses of chemicals that cannot be proven safe.
- Establish a public database to catalog the information submitted by chemical manufacturers and the EPA's safety determinations.
- Promote innovation and development of safe chemical alternatives, and bring some new chemicals onto the market using an expedited review process.
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