Former NIEHS Head Touts FDA As Model For Tough TSCA Testing Approach

Linda Birnbaum, the former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Toxicology Program, says the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approach to determining when drugs are safe could be a model for TSCA, while also renewing her call for EPA to move away from chemical-specific reviews under the law and adopt a class-based approach. During a Feb. 10 webinar hosted by the Collaborative for Health and Environment (CHE), Birnbaum said EPA needs a new approach...