Draft DINP Evaluation Backs Eased Cancer Model Despite Stakeholder Doubts

EPA’s draft TSCA evaluation of the phthalate known as DINP maintains a relatively lenient approach to cancer risk analysis that drew criticism from California regulators and scientists but praise from industry earlier this year, leaving it unclear how the agency will respond to those concerns. The Aug. 30 draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) evaluation of DINP notably steps away from EPA’s traditional, conservative “linear” approach that assumes any level of exposure to a chemical carries some degree of risk,...