SAB ECHOES INDUSTRY CALL TO IMPROVE KEY TSCA MODEL FOR NEW CHEMICALS

EPA's science advisers are urging the agency to periodically update data in its model used to evaluate new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), amid industry calls to ensure the model complies with the data quality act. The model, known as the estimation programs interface (EPI) suite, allows EPA and others to screen new chemicals without new testing by comparing the new compounds' physical and chemical properties and environmental fate and transport to information on similar chemicals in...