EPA Urged To Narrow TSCA Polymer Exemption To Curb PFAS Precursors

A new law review article makes the case that limiting or ending a TSCA exemption for many polymers would be the “most impactful” step EPA could take toward controlling plastic pollution, saying many materials the agency considers presumptively safe degrade into per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other toxic chemicals after disposal. In Plastics and the Limits of U.S. Environmental Law , published April 18 in the Harvard Environmental Law Review, two University of Utah professors float several potential...