The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) released a draft Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Systematic Review Protocol. According to the USEPA, the protocol is intended to strengthen its approach to reviewing and selecting the scientific studies that are used to inform TSCA chemical risk evaluations and ensure that USEPA has the best tools under TSCA to Read More
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Comprehensive National Strategy Announced to Confront PFAS Pollution
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has announced a Strategic Roadmap to confront per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination nationwide. The Roadmap is centered on three guiding strategies: Increase investments in research. Leverage authorities to take action to restrict PFAS chemicals from being released into the environment. Accelerate the cleanup of PFAS contamination. The Strategic Read More
Amendments to the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) is finalizing amendments to the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule that reduce the burden for certain CDR reporters, improve the quality of CDR data collected, and align reporting requirements with the Lautenberg Act amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of the key revisions in the CDR Read More
USEPA Updates Chemicals List
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has released its first update in 40 years to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory, the list of chemicals that are being manufactured, processed, and imported in the United States. A key result of the update is that less than half of the total number of chemicals on Read More