Former Official Expects EPA To Boost Equity Data In TSCA Prioritization

A former Trump EPA chemicals official says he expects EPA’s incoming chemicals chief to give a “quite favorable” response to a request from the agency’s children’s health advisers to rework how it prioritizes chemicals for TSCA review, and especially to strengthen its use of chemical data to identify vulnerable communities. “I suspect the response that will probably be written by Michal Freedhoff, who is going through a confirmation hearing today and will no doubt be confirmed,” said former EPA official...