Reversing Course, EPA Postpones TSCA Asbestos Evaluation Review

April 20, 2020
EPA has postponed the upcoming meeting of science advisors scheduled to peer review its draft evaluation of asbestos because some of the advisors are no longer available, a change in course just weeks after officials denied requests from environmentalists and its advisors to delay the meeting because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement -- postponing the April 27-30 meeting of its Science Advisory Committee On Chemicals (SACC) -- likely ensures the agency will not be able to meet its June...


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