EPA’s Disinfectant Policies Face Test Over Claim Of ‘Bureaucratic Panic’

A federal district court is weighing whether to address a hand-wipe maker’s novel claim that EPA overstepped its authority to regulate disinfectants as it scrambled to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic -- a claim the agency says is not ripe for review as it has taken no formal action targeting the manufacturer. In Feb. 17 filing with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Tzumi Innovations says EPA’s wave of Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act...