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Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act is Impacting the Ink Industry

The debate over Pigment Violet 29 foreshadows the challenges ahead for ink industry and its suppliers.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

In 2016, the US implemented the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act (LCSA or New TSCA), which was its attempt to simplify the existing regulatory approach. However, it may have had unintended consequences.   Industry regulatory leaders said that the ink industry and its supplies have been impacted by the implementation of LCSA, including slowing down the approval process as well as higher costs for approvals.   According to environmental lawyers Tom Berger and James Votaw at Keller and Heckma...

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