March 15, 2017. We strongly support efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve chemical review, as required by the 2016 Frank H. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. These first 10 chemical evaluations will set a precedent for future evaluations under this law. Therefore, it is imperative that the EPA adequately and appropriately evaluate these chemicals using sufficient, high quality information on harms, exposure, and conditions of use to evaluate the risks these chemicals pose to health.
Read More »We’re Speaking Out on Health Issues
NCHR scientists and health policy experts provide written and oral statements on a wide range of topics.
Here are many of the ways we have been Speaking Out on Health Policy Issues for the last few years. Whether the topic is legislation intended to cure diseases, proposed bans on BPA or other chemicals that disrupt your hormones, the importance of including women, people of color, and patients over 65 in clinical trials, or many other topics, you’ll gain a better understanding of our evidence-based analyses by reading these letters, statements, and testimony.
Here are the ways we have been Speaking out on Medical Treatments and Products, such as prescription drugs and medical devices that the FDA is considering approving, or is considering taking off the market because of serious risks. Whether the topic is Chantix, Addyi, Yaz, Essure, or medical products you’ve never heard of, you can find out more about what is known and not known about the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of products by looking through this section of our website.
NCHR Comment to EPA on Regulation of Certain Uses of Trichloroethylene
March 15, 2017. In summary, the use of TCE for aerosol degreasing and dry cleaning spot removal represent unreasonable health risks to workers, consumers, and bystanders that cannot be appropriately mitigated. Our scientific analysis agrees with the EPA decision that these uses should be prohibited.
Read More »NCHR Testimony on Use of the Term “Healthy” in Food Labeling
March 9, 2017. NCHR feels that labeling foods with the term “healthy” can become a powerful marketing tool that is easily misused and abused.
Read More »Statement of Dr. Diana Zuckerman Regarding the American Health Care Act
March 9, 2017. The goal of the American Health Care Act is to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) with something better, but instead it represents a giant step backward for health care for all Americans.
Read More »NCHR Comments on FDA Draft Guidance for Lead in Cosmetics
February 21, 2017. Although we support the FDA’s efforts to provide a recommended maximum level of lead as in impurity in cosmetic lip products and externally applied cosmetics, we reject the FDA’s rationale for the maximum level of 10 parts per million of lead in these products.
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