ATSDR Publishes Draft Profiles For Two Chemicals Seen As EPA Targets

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) is seeking comment on draft updates to its toxicological profiles for two chemicals EPA has marked as priorities in recent years: naphthalene, which the agency has named as a candidate for TSCA evaluation, and acrolein, which it has sought to limit in several air and water actions. ATSDR posted both draft documents, along with one for the chemical n-hexane, for public comment on May 3. While ATSDR’s profiles are non-binding, they...