{"id":7200,"date":"2017-12-06T13:26:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T18:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/?p=7200"},"modified":"2024-02-12T11:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T16:02:03","slug":"edf-comments-at-epas-public-meeting-on-new-chemical-reviews-question-the-credibility-and-legality-of-recent-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/health\/2017\/12\/06\/edf-comments-at-epas-public-meeting-on-new-chemical-reviews-question-the-credibility-and-legality-of-recent-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"EDF comments at EPA\u2019s public meeting on new chemical reviews question the credibility and legality of recent changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0<\/em>is a Lead Senior Scientist.<\/p>\n

EPA held a public meeting today to present information on major changes it is making to its review of new chemicals under last year\u2019s reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by the Lautenberg Act.<\/p>\n

EPA provided brief opportunities for stakeholders to provide comments.\u00a0 Two of us from EDF \u2013 I, and my colleague Robert Stockman, Senior Attorney \u2013 gave oral comments at the meeting.\u00a0 We are providing those comments here in written form.[pullquote]Through these actions, many clearly contrary to the law, EPA is returning the new chemicals program to its dark ages under the old TSCA, making it again into a black box within which EPA acts as if its only stakeholder is the chemical industry.[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

My comments are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Stockman\u2019s comments are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As the comments make clear, EDF believes the changes EPA is making and discussed today are both contrary to the requirements of the new TSCA and represent a retreat from the credible, transparent and accountable new chemicals program Congress sought to establish under the new law.<\/p>\n

As I noted in my comments:\u00a0 \u201cThrough these actions, many clearly contrary to the law, EPA is returning the new chemicals program to its dark ages under the old TSCA, making it again into a black box within which EPA acts as if its only stakeholder is the chemical industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Richard Denison, Ph.D.,\u00a0is a Lead Senior Scientist. EPA held a public meeting today to present information on major changes it is making to its review of new chemicals under last year\u2019s reforms made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by the Lautenberg Act. EPA provided brief opportunities for stakeholders to provide comments.\u00a0 Two of …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,56093,56096,114108],"tags":[68,56107,56108,39178],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-policy","category-industry-influence","category-omboira","category-tsca","tag-epa","tag-lautenberg-act","tag-new-chemicals","tag-significant-new-use-rule-snur"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t