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EPA New Chemical Approval Signals 'Reckless' TSCA Process, EDF Charges


August 15, 2018 at 05:17 PM
EPA has approved a new chemical for use under the revised toxics law but has limited its review and regulation of the substance's “reasonably foreseen uses,” a move environmentalists say signals a “reckless” process for reviewing new chemicals that violates the June 2016 toxics law by failing to preclude unintended uses from its requirements.

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