Unions Say EPA Must Exclude PPE From TSCA Reviews Amid Dueling Suits

Unions and worker-safety advocates are asking the D.C. Circuit to hold that TSCA forbids the agency from considering workers’ use of personal protective equipment (PPE) when evaluating chemicals’ risks -- opening the door to a potential circuit split as industry is arguing that the reviews must consider PPE in separate suits over chemical-specific rules. United Steelworkers (USW), the International Association of Machinists and the advocacy group Worksafe filed their joint opening brief on Oct. 10 in consolidated litigation over EPA’s...