EDF Says SNURs Must Reflect Biden EPA’s TSCA Policies For PPE, PFAS

January 7, 2022
Environmentalists are urging EPA to apply its new, more-stringent TSCA policies for per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and personal protective equipment (PPE) to pending significant new use rules (SNURs), arguing that a recent round of proposed rules appears based entirely on past administrations’ approaches. The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) raised those concerns in Dec. 22 comments on proposed SNURs for a batch of new chemicals, including two PFAS as well as a range of other substances. It says that although...


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