Pallone vows to pressure EPA to strengthen PBT proposal

House energy committee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) is strongly criticizing EPA’s proposal governing several persistent and bioaccumulative toxics (PBT) under the revised Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), warning he will “hold the EPA’s feet to the fire” to ensure a final rule complies with legal mandates to adequately regulate the chemicals. “These toxic chemicals pose serious risk to Americans’ lives and livelihoods, and therefore demand a much more serious response than the one EPA has offered.” Pallone said in a...