House Panel Cites EPA Review, Studies To Seek Strict Phthalate Rules

A House subcommittee chairman is citing EPA’s pending TSCA evaluations and a raft of recent studies finding reproductive and developmental harms from phthalates, the chemicals widely used in plastics and other products, to urge strict regulations on the substance in consumer goods. Federal regulation of phthalates is a “longstanding issue that demands urgent attention,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s panel on economic and consumer policy, writes in his Jan. 10 letter to Janet Woodcock, acting...