Coons, Advocates Push For Green Chemistry Provisions In Final TSCA Bill

摘要

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and other advocates of green chemistry measures to reduce the production of hazardous substances are pushing for the inclusion of provisions to promote green chemistry in the pending final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform compromise legislation that House and Senate lawmakers will craft this year. A Coons staffer tells Inside EPA that green chemistry has broad support from academia, industry and some environmentalists, and is not controversial, but the provisions could get lost in negotiations over controversial topics like preemption of state chemicals programs or the extent to which the bill would overhaul EPA's toxics program. Coons secured the inclusion of language promoting green chemistry in the Senate-approved TSCA bill, S. 697.