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EPA Rejects Calls For Emergency TSCA Rules On Methylene Chloride


December 4, 2019 at 02:39 PM
EPA is rejecting calls from former officials, labor and other advocates to exercise special “emergency” authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to quickly address the risks of methylene chloride, the widely used solvent, to workers and others arguing that the agency’s draft risk evaluation does not justify taking such an action.

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