Risk Group Pushes EPA To Drop Short-Term Exposure Risk Of TCE

Industry officials and representatives of a risk assessment group reviewing the Environmental Protection Agency's cleanup policy related to trichloroethylene (TCE) are urging the agency to drop regulation of short-term exposure to the solvent, arguing in a recent meeting with agency officials that EPA's intent to protect against cardiac birth defects is based on flawed science. TCE has come up as a key chemical of concern for OSHA as it contemplates how to update permissible exposure limits. Members of the Alliance for Risk Assessment (ARA) who attended the Nov. 6 meeting said Nov. 14 that som