EPA and several major tech companies have joined with an environmental group to spearhead a program aimed at reducing workers’ exposure to toxic chemicals in the electronics sector’s supply chain, with the first round of priority chemicals identifying substances like methylene chloride that are already subject to EPA regulation under TSCA.
November 15, 2026
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is crafting a five-year action plan to improve the efficacy of personal protective equipment (PPE) for first responders after a meeting where speakers from several public-safety agencies warned of problems with their gear including thermal stress and integrity after exposure to disinfectants.
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Speakers at EPA’s June 16 environmental justice (EJ) consultation for impending rules on trichloroethylene (TCE) and tetrachloroethylene (PCE or perc) urged the agency to focus on impacts to workers, and heard praise from industry on what one official said is a new promise from officials to seek briefings on industrial hygiene practices.
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An environmental whistleblower group claims Katherine Lemos, chair and sole current member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) rewrote the panel’s governing rules to “consolidate” her power at the expense of three pending nominees, and claims she has improperly spent CSB funds during her tenure.
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President Joe Biden’s nominees to fill three of four vacant slots on the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), the agency that advises OSHA and EPA on needed policy changes to curtail industrial incidents, are facing likely Senate confirmation battles as key outside groups are split over their relative expertise.
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The United Steelworkers (USW) and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) are urging President Joe Biden to nominate new members to the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) and increase its budget, arguing that CSB’s current status as a one-person panel has rendered it “dysfunctional.”
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The Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which investigates releases of hazardous or toxic chemicals and other industrial incidents, will soon draw up a new board order as recommended by EPA’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that oversees CSB, while embarking on a hiring push to bolster the ranks of its investigators.
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Even as the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) works to continue operating despite a one-member board and a lack of administrative resources, industry attorneys say it still has the capacity to boost inspections of incidents involving using potentially hazardous chemicals from Trump-era levels, should officials choose to take that path.
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EPA’s first-time decision earlier this year to identify 20 chemicals as low priority for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) faces a looming litigation test as the 60-day deadline for environmentalists or other entities to sue approaches on April 26.
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