Chemical Sector, Advocates Clash Over Using IRIS For TSCA Risk Reviews

摘要

Chemical producers and environmentalists are clashing over whether EPA should use its controversial Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) chemical assessments when conducting new substance reviews mandated by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform law, with industry fighting advocates' call to weigh the IRIS values. EPA held an Aug. 10 meeting in Washington, D.C., to take input from stakeholders on how to craft a proposed rule under the new law that will establish a risk-based process for prioritizing chemical risk reviews. The agency also held an Aug. 9 meeting on developing a separate proposal for assessing whether a chemical presents an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment, and an Aug. 11 meeting on how to collect industry fees under the law.