Scope Of 'Use' In TSCA Revision Seen Driving New Industry Data-Sharing

If EPA opts to narrowly consider chemicals' "uses" when it reviews their safety under the reformed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), it could prompt manufacturers to enter data-sharing deals on how their products are used and disposed of, and even limit some uses, in order to ensure they stay within the assessments' scope, an industry attorney says. Speaking at a recent seminar on environmental regulation hosted by the Practising Law Institute in New York, NY, attorney Lynn Bergeson said competing...