EPA Issues First New Chemical Safety Reviews Under Reformed TSCA Law

EPA has issued its first regulatory determinations under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), finding that four new chemicals are “not likely to present an unreasonable risk,” the first set of affirmative findings of safety the agency must now make before new substances may enter the marketplace under the new law. The agency late last week posted to its website safety determinations for four new chemicals under section 5 of TSCA, which governs new chemicals or those with significant...