EPA Readies Draft TSCA Cumulative Risk Documents For 2023 Release

EPA has quietly drafted a pair of TSCA-specific documents detailing approaches to assessing cumulative risks both in general and specifically from a set of phthalates already under evaluation and is preparing to release them for peer review next year, even as the agency’s research office has struggled for years to craft a cumulative risk framework for wider use. The announcement comes in a notice slated to appear in the Dec. 21 Federal Register , seeking nominees to augment the...