Scientists Urge Bold TSCA Risk Rules After EPA Misses First Deadline

June 25, 2021
Scientists and environmentalists are urging EPA to use its delay in meeting statutory deadlines to issue its first TSCA risk management rule for methylene chloride to bolster the science behind such rules, and to use the authority it gained in the reformed chemicals law more aggressively to address environmental justice and other concerns. “The thing is, is that the tools are all available” for EPA to craft risk management rules for methylene chloride and other high-priority chemicals, Tracey Woodruff, a...


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