Environmentalists Urge EPA To Rewrite ‘Unlawful’ DINP Risk Evaluation

Environmentalists are accusing EPA of using an “arbitrary and unlawful approach” to craft its draft TSCA risk evaluation of the phthalate DINP, arguing that among other flaws the agency dismissed health risks to workers and consumers that exceed its usual benchmarks. “While EPA correctly proposes to determine that DINP as a whole chemical poses unreasonable risk to human health, EPA’s draft risk evaluation significantly understates and discounts the risks to workers, consumers, the general population, and specific groups who face...