EDF Again Hits EPA On Narrowing TSCA Section 4 Testing Order Mandates

The Environmental Defense Fund is again criticizing EPA’s plan to reduce the number and types of testing required of chemical companies under TSCA section 4 orders and requirements, reiterating arguments in comments submitted last summer that the move would further undermine the agency’s program for evaluating the risks of existing chemicals. “EPA’s counterfactual proposed reduction in its assumed test battery, its failure to provide any justification for doing so, and its failure to provide a meaningful response to EDF’s comments...