Officials Tout ‘Collaborative’ New Chemicals Plan But Face Early Questions

The new director of the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) says a nascent plan to improve TSCA new-chemical assessments will rely on “working collaboratively” with staff at EPA, other federal agencies and even overseas regulators, but some observers are already questioning its approach to topics like non-animal toxicity testing. In her keynote address to an April 20-21 public meeting on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) research program, Denise Keehner, a longtime EPA career official who returned from...