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EPA Adds Thousands of Additional TSCA Risk, New Chemical Submissions to ChemView, Commits to “Near Real-Time Publication” Going Forward

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According to EPA, in 2022 it made available in ChemView more than 25,000 new chemical notice records received under TSCA Section 5, including notices received between 2014 and 2019 that had not been published previously. On November 21, 2022, the U.S.

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Chemical Used to Make Teflon is Causing a Sticky Situation in West Virginia and Ohio

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million after finding DuPont liable for dumping toxic chemicals into drinking water near its Washington Works Plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia. As of 2014, EPA found C8 in. Summary: An Ohio jury awards $1.6 94 public water systems. in 27 states, serving over 6.5 million Americans. Additionally, C8 is in the bloodstream of 99.7%

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Elk River Spill Aftermath: Do We Need New Regulations and From Whom?

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On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. It turns out that West Virginia is not very hospitable to regulations, and especially not to environmental regulations. By Ashley Welsch. Additionally, a. New York Times. Ironically, the U.S. in Oswego, NY.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. million pounds of benzene that it imported during 2013–2015 as well as large quantities of three other substances. N: 620 Groundwater Quality , Ill.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. N:News Release, EPA Region 9, SoCal Chemical Distributors Settle Toxic Substances Control Act Violations with U.S. 6, 2021).]]

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The Chemical Compound—February 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. The four substances, two of which are PBT chemicals, are used as fragrance ingredients in consumer products and were included in the 2014 Update to the TSCA Work Plan.

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