EPA Faces Attacks Over CTC Rule’s Focus On Workplace Protections

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August 1, 2023 at 05:59 PM
EPA’s proposed TSCA rule on carbon tetrachloride (CTC) is drawing heavy criticism from environmentalists, with one key advocate saying the plan is fatally flawed because it proposes only worker protections rather than banning uses of the solvent, meaning it fails to protect fenceline communities whose exposures may increase under some safety measures.