Environmentalists Say EPA Must Weigh Cumulative Risk In TSCA Prioritization

Environmentalists are pushing EPA’s toxics office to consider cumulative risks from multiple overlapping chemical exposures as they weigh their next round of targets for TSCA’s prioritization process, along with an array of other equity issues, with several pushing the agency to select a block of plastic-related substances for review. A host of environmental groups filed comments last week on the list of 27 chemicals that EPA floated in September as candidates for prioritization under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA),...