Year: 2019
Type: article
Abstract: Environmentalists are hoping to see a shake-up in 2019 at the US Environmental Protection Agency office that evaluates the potential risks of chemicals and pesticides. That office will get a new leader this year, Alexandra Dunn, who could take implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in a new direction. Several environmental groups and members of Congress want the EPA to change course in how it is implementing TSCA, which was revised in 2016. Advocates for change claim that under the Trump administration, the EPA has been approving the use of chemicals with insufficient toxicity data and failing to evaluate all uses of chemicals. In 2017, a coalition of environmental and public health groups challenged the EPA rules for prioritizing and evaluating chemicals under the updated TSCA. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is expected to rule in the case this year, and the court’s decision
Source: C&EN Global Enterprise
Author: Britt Erickson
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3119307274