Hearing on “Mismanaging Chemical Risks: EPA’s Failure to Protect Workers”
The Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday, March 13, at 10:30 am in room 2322 of the Rayburn House Office Building on how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is systemically ignoring worker risks in its implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and other worker protections. The hearing is entitled, “Mismanaging Chemical Risks: EPA’s Failure to Protect Workers.”
Key Documents
Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change
Opening Statement of Chairman Pallone as prepared for delivery
Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairman Tonko as prepared for delivery
Livestream
Witnesses
Adam M. Finkel, Sc.D., CIH
Clinical Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
University of Michigan School of Public Health
Wendy Hutchinson
On behalf of the Baltimore Teachers Union and American Federation of Teachers
Patrick Morrison
Assistant to the General President for Health, Safety, and Medicine
International Association of Firefighters
Jeaneen McGinnis
Benefits Representative
United Auto Workers
Mark Duvall
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond PC
Giev Kashkooli
Vice President
United Farm Workers
Tom Grumbles, CIH, FAIHA
Past President
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the Product Stewardship Society