Clash over New TSCA Chemical Safety Rules

EPA staffers, Trump official clashed over new chemical rules
(Annie SNIDER and ALEX GUILLÉN, Politico; June 22, 2017)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/22/trump-epa-energy-chemicals-clash-239875

Trump EPA Weakens TSCA Rules to Favor Chemical Industry 
[Jennifer SASS, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); June 22, 2017]
https://www.nrdc.org/experts/trump-epa-weakens-tsca-rules-favor-chemical-industry

One year and counting:  On its first anniversary, near term threats abound to implementation of our strong new chemical safety law
[Richard DENISON, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF); June 19, 2017]
http://blogs.edf.org/health/2017/06/19/one-year-and-counting-on-its-first-anniversary-near-term-threats-abound-to-implementation-of-our-strong-new-chemical-safety-law/

New Toxic Substances Control Act:  An End to the Wild West for Chemical Safety?
[Cory GERLACH, Science in the News (SITN) - Harvard University; October 25, 2016]
http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2016/new-toxic-substances-control-act-end-wild-west-chemical-safety/


Article:


A Primer and the New Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) and what lead to it
(Richard DENISON; April 2017)
https://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/denison-primer-on-lautenberg-act.pdf


Website:


Risk Evaluation for Existing Chemical under TSCA
(U. S. Environmental Protection Agency)
https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/risk-evaluations-existing-chemicals-under-tsca#ten



N. B.:  For more information one of the many aspects of this subject, featuring an opportunity to weigh in under "Public Comment" by July 7, 2017; please refer to "Blog Archives"  for my former blog post under the following title and date:

Title:  "Unique Identifiers" Implementation for CBI Chemical Identity Claims under TSCA Section 14

 Date:  May 24, 2017




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