DTSC Scales Back Proposed Green Chemistry Listing For Toluene Products

California’s toxics department is scaling back its proposal to list nail products containing toluene as a “priority product” under its Safer Consumer Products (SCP) green chemistry program, by adding an “alternatives analysis threshold” (AAT) suggested by industry groups that would narrow the set of affected products. “During the regulatory 45-day public comment period, industry stakeholders requested that” the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) “set an AAT above contaminant levels. When toluene is present as a contaminant in nail products,...