EJ Backers Seek New TSCA Test Mandates To Boost Equity In Protections

Environmental justice (EJ) advocates are calling for EPA to step up its use of TSCA data-gathering and testing authority in order to bolster protections for vulnerable populations, but question whether the agency will have the resources to take the steps they see as needed unless Congress amends the law. During a March 16 panel discussion hosted by the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Tracey Woodruff, a former senior scientist at EPA and now director of the University of...