EPA Proposes TSCA Rule Banning 1-BP From Most Consumer Goods

EPA is proposing to ban the solvent 1-bromopropane (1-BP) from all but one consumer product in which it is used, as well as some commercial and industrial uses for which the agency says it has determined that there are alternatives, while seeking to require workplace exposure limits and protective gear for those uses that it is allowing to continue. EPA’s proposed 1-BP rule , released July 31, would ban all uses in consumer products, including in aerosol spray degreasers, spot...