Nano Confessions: EPA all but concedes mandatory reporting and testing are needed
January 12, 2009 | Posted by Richard Denison in EPA, Environment, Health, Industry, Regulation, TSCA, Testing
Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist.
It’s been nearly a year since EPA launched its voluntary Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program (NMSP) – and over three years since EPA was urged, by a diverse group of stakeholders, to do so only in conjunction with the development of mandatory reporting rules as a backstop and to limit the duration of the basic part of the program to at most six months.
EPA ignored that advice, and proceeded with an open-ended voluntary program and no development of backstop rules. Now EPA has issued its first evaluation of the NMSP. So what did EPA find? Read more »
