NAS Names Peer-Reviewers For DOD’s TCE Exposure Approach

The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced a provisional roster of peer reviewers for the Defense Department’s (DOD) revised approach to developing a workplace exposure standard for trichloroethylene (TCE) -- one of the first 10 chemicals EPA evaluated under the reformed TSCA, which agencies have struggled to set consistent limits on. NAS posted the proposed membership list on Sept. 9, marking the latest step in DOD’s long-running struggle to reconcile EPA and OSHA’s drastically different findings on risks posed...