EPA’s PIP Rule Delay Draws Manufacturers’ Praise, Environmentalists’ Ire

A top National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) official says she is “incredibly pleased” by EPA’s latest extension of its Trump-era ban on a common flame retardant chemical used in electronics and other products, while the move is drawing criticism from a key environmentalist who says the agency failed to justify its delay. EPA's Sept. 3 announcement postponing for a second time its Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ban of the flame retardant phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1), or PIP (3:1) is...