California's Chemical Prioritization Could Be Model For EPA TSCA Reform

California regulators and science advisors are urging EPA to look to that state's Safer Consumer Products (SCP) program as a model when crafting a rule under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for implementing revisions to the way the agency will prioritize existing chemicals for assessment. Two Californians who spoke at an Aug. 10 EPA public hearing to provide comment on how the agency should craft the rule required by the TSCA reform law encouraged it to look beyond...