April 21, 2015 at 04:08 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public input on whether sufficient scientific evidence exists to back its proposal to add 1-bromopropane -- a chemical that occupational health advocates have long urged OSHA to regulate in the workplace through exposure limits -- to the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for reporting of chemical releases, a move EPA is justifying based on research suggesting the substance is a carcinogen worthy of tracking on TRI.