David Savastano, Editor05.25.16
Forty years ago, the US Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Administered by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), TSCA was designed to regulate the introduction of new or already existing chemicals; all previous chemicals were considered to be safe, and were grandfathered in. When a company looked to introduce a new chemical, it would have to file information with the EPA.
There are a few problems here, of course, not the least of which was that TSCA had never been updated or modernized. This, in turn, has led state governments to fill the void, creating a patchwork quilt of regulations that make matters difficult for manufacturers.
Theer were a few attempts to modernize TSCA, and in 2015, “The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act” was passed by the US Senate, and the “TSCA Modernization Act of 2015” was approved by the US House of Representatives. President Barack Obama has signaled he will
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