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EPA Eyes ‘Down-The-Drain Releases’ In Supplemental 1,4-Dioxane Review

August 16, 2022
EPA says it is preparing a new analysis of risks posed by “down-the-drain releases” of 1,4-dioxane as part of its supplemental TSCA evaluation, in the agency’s first public hint of how it will seek to strengthen a Trump-era review that was widely criticized as too lenient in part over its treatment of consumer products that contain small amounts of the chemical. In an Aug. 5 status report to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, EPA wrote that...


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