After 40 years, the 1976 US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was revised under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. Its original goals of protecting the public from hazardous chemicals were hindered by complex and cumbersome administrative burdens, data limitations, vulnerabilities in risk assessments, and recurring corporate lawsuits. As a result, countless chemicals were entered into commercial use without toxicological information. Few chemicals of the many identified as potential public health threats were regulated or banned. This paper explores the factors that have worked against a comprehensive and rational policy for regulating toxic chemicals and discusses whether the TSCA revisions offer greater public protection against existing and new chemicals.
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机译：40年后，根据Frank R. Lautenberg的《 21世纪化学品安全法》对1976年的《美国有毒物质控制法》（TSCA）进行了修订。其最初的保护公众免受有害化学物质侵害的目标受到复杂繁琐的行政负担，数据限制，风险评估中的漏洞以及反复发生的公司诉讼的阻碍。结果，无毒的化学药品进入商业用途。在许多被确定为潜在的公共卫生威胁的化学品中，几乎没有受到管制或禁止。本文探讨了影响制定有毒化学品的全面，合理政策的因素，并讨论了TSCA修订版是否对现有和新化学品提供了更大的公众保护。
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