Industry Warns EPA Against Plan To Tighten TSCA New-Chemical Reviews

Industry groups and attorneys are lining up against EPA’s announcement that it will step up its use of enforcement orders and seek to bolster worker protections in the TSCA new chemicals program, arguing that the planned changes will slow the agency’s reviews of new chemical uses without enhancing protections and could face litigation. “I'm afraid we're entering a new world for new chemicals, one that will soon be ripe for new litigation,” Erik Baptist, a partner with the law firm...