{"id":5476,"date":"2016-06-07T20:12:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-passes-landmark-merkley-backed-bill-to-reform-toxic-chemical-safety-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:09:31","slug":"senate-passes-landmark-merkley-backed-bill-to-reform-toxic-chemical-safety-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-passes-landmark-merkley-backed-bill-to-reform-toxic-chemical-safety-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"El Senado aprueba un proyecto de ley hist\u00f3rico respaldado por Merkley para reformar la seguridad de sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas en los EE. UU."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>WASHINGTON DC<\/b> \u2013 Hoy, en una votaci\u00f3n bipartidista, el Senado de los Estados Unidos aprob\u00f3 la Ley Frank R. Lautenberg de Seguridad Qu\u00edmica para el Siglo XXI, una legislaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica que marca la primera actualizaci\u00f3n importante de la seguridad de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas en los Estados Unidos en 40 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Merkley trabaj\u00f3 con una coalici\u00f3n bipartidista para elaborar la versi\u00f3n del Senado de los Estados Unidos del proyecto de ley aprobado en diciembre de 2015, y sirvi\u00f3 como negociador clave en las discusiones entre la C\u00e1mara y el Senado que produjeron el proyecto de ley que fue aprobado hoy por el Senado. El proyecto de ley fue aprobado por la C\u00e1mara de Representantes de Estados Unidos el mes pasado y ahora pasar\u00e1 al escritorio del Presidente para su firma.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">&quot;Es indignante que la naci\u00f3n m\u00e1s poderosa del mundo haya sido incapaz de proteger a sus propios ciudadanos de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas nocivas&quot;, afirm\u00f3 Merkley. \u201cDurante d\u00e9cadas, los estadounidenses han estado en riesgo porque no existe un organismo de control facultado para garantizar que las sustancias qu\u00edmicas en nuestros productos cotidianos sean seguras antes de que terminen en nuestras aulas, nuestros lugares de trabajo y nuestros hogares. Hoy marca un cambio radical en el que comenzamos a cambiar todo eso. La aprobaci\u00f3n de este proyecto de ley ha requerido un enorme esfuerzo y compromiso bipartidista, y estoy agradecido a todas las personas que han trabajado tan duro para lograr que este proyecto de ley llegue a la meta. Hoy es un d\u00eda trascendental que nos sit\u00faa a s\u00f3lo una firma de una mejora monumental en nuestras leyes de seguridad contra sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">El poder del gobierno federal para proteger a los estadounidenses de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas t\u00f3xicas en los productos y procesos de fabricaci\u00f3n cotidianos ha estado paralizado durante d\u00e9cadas por leyes d\u00e9biles y un fallo judicial de 1991 que destruy\u00f3 la Ley de Control de Sustancias T\u00f3xicas. La mayor\u00eda de los estadounidenses creen que los productos qu\u00edmicos de los productos que utilizan y mantienen en sus hogares han sido probados y aprobados para comprobar su seguridad, pero en muchos casos esto no es cierto.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">El a\u00f1o pasado, Merkley se asoci\u00f3 con el Fondo de Defensa Ambiental para resaltar los resultados de un estudio en el que los participantes usaron una simple pulsera de silicona durante una semana. Esta pulsera actuaba como una esponja y absorb\u00eda sustancias qu\u00edmicas que se encuentran en el aire, el agua y los productos de cuidado personal. Los resultados mostraron que todos los participantes, incluso aquellos que se esforzaron por comprar productos seguros y naturales, estuvieron expuestos a sustancias qu\u00edmicas peligrosas que podr\u00edan tener efectos dr\u00e1sticos en la salud humana.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Espec\u00edficamente, el <i>Frank R. Lautenberg Ley de seguridad qu\u00edmica para el siglo XXI<\/i> voluntad:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Exigir a la EPA que proteja a las personas m\u00e1s vulnerables: ni\u00f1os, ancianos, mujeres embarazadas y trabajadores qu\u00edmicos.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Otorgar a la EPA nueva autoridad para ordenar pruebas y garantizar que los productos qu\u00edmicos sean seguros, centr\u00e1ndose en los productos qu\u00edmicos m\u00e1s riesgosos, como los carcin\u00f3genos conocidos y los de alta toxicidad.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Aseg\u00farese de que la EPA revise los nuevos productos qu\u00edmicos antes de que salgan al mercado.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Proporcionar a la EPA recursos para hacer su trabajo y exigir que la industria haga su parte para apoyar el programa, aportando $25 millones al a\u00f1o.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Establecer plazos obligatorios y ejecutables para que la EPA act\u00fae.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Permitir a todos los estados m\u00faltiples formas de actuar respecto de las sustancias qu\u00edmicas, incluidas: opciones para la aplicaci\u00f3n conjunta de la ley por parte de los estados; autoridad ilimitada sobre sustancias qu\u00edmicas sobre las cuales la EPA no est\u00e1 actuando; y exenciones de la preferencia federal incluso cuando la EPA ha actuado para restringir una sustancia qu\u00edmica.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Today, in a bipartisan vote, the United States Senate passed the Frank R. 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