EPA Issues Cadmium Rule Under Toxic Substances Control Act, Chemical Also A Concern For OSHA

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a long-awaited rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that will require producers of cadmium or cadmium compounds to provide health and safety information on the toxic metal to the agency -- though it is unclear what further risk management actions the data will help support. Cadmium has come up as a key concern as OSHA struggles with how to update its decades-old permissible exposure limits. The direct final rule will “require manufacturers (including importers) of cadmium or cadmium compounds, including as part of an article, that ha