EPA Bolsters TCE Analysis; Advocates Push OSHA To Revisit Exposure Limit

The Environmental Protection Agency has clarified and strengthened its risk assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE), the first such assessment the agency had conducted as part of a novel effort to evaluate and possibly regulate "existing" chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), a move that comes as some stakeholders want OSHA to revisit the workplace permissible exposure limit for the substance.