EPA’s Planned TSCA Peer Review In Doubt Amid Uncertainty Over Agency Advisors

Following EPA’s dismissal of two key advisory panels earlier this week, the status of an upcoming peer review meeting for a draft TSCA evaluation is in doubt, with advisors receiving no communication since before President Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the agency faces a court-ordered deadline to complete the evaluation this year. The Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), tasked with conducting independent peer review and providing scientific advice to EPA under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), is slated...