Industry Reiterates Call For EPA To Rewrite Analysis On Plastic Ingredient With Newer Data

An industry group is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to rewrite its draft risk assessment for acrylonitrile (AN), a key ingredient in plastic, arguing that the current document is biased, fails to take into account several relevant studies and follows a “theme of quantitative ultraconservatism that is not scientifically justified.” The comments come as OSHA -- which has an existing permissible exposure limit for acrylonitrile -- looks at updating numerous PELs. But a worker safety advocate says the acrylonitrile limit is close to the NIOSH recommended exposure limit, and that there