New EPA Action Plans Will Target Controversial Detergent Chemical

摘要

EPA is preparing to release its next four action plans for industrial chemicals of concern, including one for the laundry detergent chemical nonylphenol (NP) and its ethoxylates (NPE) - a plan which could require industry to test for possible harmful effects ahead of a possible phase-out that some in industry are negotiating with the agency as an alternative to the test rule.rnOne agency source says the mandatory test rule, which EPA first proposed last June, is still alive but delayed because of the action plan, which is expected out later this spring.