Academics Seek ‘Extensive Revisions’ To Draft TSCA DCHP Evaluation

A group of academic scientists is blasting EPA’s draft TSCA evaluation of dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP), a plasticizer chemical, arguing that the draft evaluation makes unscientific assumptions that underestimate the chemical’s risks to human health and, as such, requires extensive revision. “In the DCHP Draft Risk Evaluation, EPA has failed to incorporate the best available science and makes a number of scientifically-unsupported assumptions,” state May 9 comments from a score of scientists associated with the Program on Reproductive Health and the...