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Academics Eye ‘Cumulative’ TSCA Reviews To Aid Microplastics Regulation

March 3, 2023
California researchers who worked on a recent report on microplastics see EPA’s draft principles for considering cumulative risk under TSCA as an “important opportunity” to evaluate and regulate dangers the ubiquitous contaminants pose to human health and the environment, as they often include a wide range of toxic chemicals. Nick Chartres, a co-author of a new evidence review sought by California’s state legislature on the toxicity and occurrence of microplastics as well as possible mitigation policies, says he and his...


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