Environmentalists Urge EPA To Broaden MON Rule Review On EtO

Environmental groups are urging EPA to swiftly reaffirm its use of a key agency risk assessment for the solvent ethylene oxide (EtO) when it reconsiders a chemical sector air toxics rule, but they are also pressing the agency to formally reconsider a wider range of issues than it so far has granted, which they say will help justify tightening the rule. EPA acting air chief Joe Goffman announced in a June 17 letter to the American Chemistry Council (ACC) that...