Contaminated fish, debris off West Coast raise concerns about long-term impacts of Fukushima disaster on Pacific seafood   WASHINGTON (June 1, 2012) – Responding to reports of fish and debris off the West Coast contaminated from the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns in Japan, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today sent letters to the Food and Drug... Read More

Use of insecticide ‘lindane’ in treatment for lice could harm children, pollutes environment   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today called on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to halt the use of the insecticide lindane in pharmaceutical... Read More

Lawmakers led letter to CDC this week in opposition to cuts to childhood lead prevention program   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) adopted the recommendations of its Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention for a more protective threshold for determining lead poisoning in... Read More

Lawmaker held hearings more than three decades ago on contamination at Woburn toxic dump sites WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Malden), dean of the Massachusetts Congressional delegation and a leading architect of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as... Read More

Letter with 26 lawmakers to CDC decries prevention program shutdown in more than 30 states due to budget cuts, endangering 450,000 children   WASHINGTON, D.C. – In January, the Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for the first time in two decades recommended... Read More

Lawmakers query FDA on efforts to monitor antibiotics used in livestock feed that may enter human food stream   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Concerned that corn-based livestock feed could be linked to a sharp rise in antibiotic resistance, today Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) asked the Food and Drug... Read More

WASHINGTON, DC— Today Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman, Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey, and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Diana DeGette released the following statement in response to new EPA draft guidelines on use of diesel fuel in oil and gas hydraulic... Read More

Congressman last week petitioned FDA to ban BPA in many household products on grounds that manufacturers have already abandoned use of toxic chemical WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), released the... Read More

Canadian government designates harmful chemical as toxic to environment   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), today sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling on the... Read More

Lawmakers introduced Safe Cosmetics Act to protect consumers from harmful ingredients in personal care products, gives FDA ability to order recalls of dangerous products   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), co-authors of H.R. 2359, the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011, released the... Read More

Lawmaker’s Research Shows Many Manufacturers Have Already Ceased Use of Dangerous Chemical   WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the first time in the agency’s history, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been sent three petitions by a member of Congress, calling on the agency to remove approval for the use of the chemical... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today praised the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announcement that the non-cancer health assessment of dioxin has been finalized after two decades of delays. Dioxin is the... Read More

Washington, D.C. – Reps. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) released the following joint statement in response to the President’s FY21013 budget request for additional funding through user fees for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to conduct oversight of the... Read More

Latest data indicates levels of toxic chemical rapidly increasing in the atmosphere   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa... Read More

EPA Would Cut Mercury Pollution and other Toxics; GOP Wants to Knife the MACT   WASHINGTON (December 21, 2011) – New standards to limit mercury and other toxics from power plants and other sources were finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that will protect America’s children and pregnant mothers... Read More

REPRESENTATIVE EDWARD MARKEY (D-MA) HOUSE FLOOR DEBATE ON H.R. 3630 Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2011 December 13, 2011 “Last year, Republicans refused to extend unemployment benefits unless the Bush tax cuts were extended for millionaires and billionaires. “Here they go again, Mr. Speaker. “This year,... Read More

Floor Statement for Edward J. Markey   Amendment Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011 December 8, 2011 As prepared for delivery   I have an amendment at the desk, Number 2. In this legislation, the Republican majority exempts all so-called ‘nuisance dust’ from the protective air quality standards for course particle or... Read More

Lawmaker introduced Safe Cosmetics Act to protect consumers from dangerous chemicals in personal care products WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), a senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee and co-author of the Safe Cosmetics Act, released the following statement today after Johnson & Johnson announced... Read More

Lawmaker is author of Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2011   WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), released the following statement today after new research from scientists at the Harvard... Read More

Floor Statement – Debate on Amendments Markey Amendment on Public Participation H.R. 2273, “Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act” October 14, 2011   As prepared for delivery  Two weeks ago, scientists at a massive facility in Europe announced that they may have discovered a particle that travels faster than the speed... Read More