LD1165 - Toxic Chemical Protections in the Workplace

(2015)

An Act to Enact the Toxic Chemicals in the Workplace Act

Sponsored by Sponsored by Rep. Adam Goode (D – Bangor)

What is the bill?

Workers are on the frontlines of exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace. Toxic exposure contributes to soaring cancer rates, learning disabilities, birth defects and increased asthma and allergies. 40,000 Americans die prematurely each year from exposures to toxic substances at work. That’s why we support every effort to improve workplace health and safety. This bill sought to prevent harm to workers by establishing joint worker-employer committees in the workplace to find safer alternatives to harmful toxic chemicals when that is economically feasible to do. The bill passed the House but was defeated along party lines in the Senate.

What happened?

Defeated

Votes