EDF Urges EPA To Scrap PFAS TSCA Approvals As Voluntary Action Lags

Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is pushing EPA to forcibly pull from the market a group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that previously won low volume exemptions (LVEs) from TSCA review, saying that the agency’s call for companies to voluntarily withdraw these chemicals has failed thus far. The environmental group says in a new post that a year after EPA announced it would ask companies to surrender LVEs granted by prior administrations for new PFAS under the Toxic Substances Control...