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Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay

Circle of Blue

More financially quantifiable is Ann Arbor’s cost to respond to PFAS, another toxic chemical first detected by Ann Arbor in 2014 and later traced up the Huron River to the same chrome plating plant, Tribar. Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

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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.

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

Vermont Law

As of 2014, EPA found C8 in. The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 empowers EPA to study health impacts of chemicals and regulate its use but EPA has little authority to prevent use of chemicals before it is shown to be safe. 94 public water systems. in 27 states, serving over 6.5 million Americans.

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

Vermont Law

On January 9, 2014, a chemical tank at Freedom Industries in Charleston, West Virginia, leaked into the Elk River. House of Representatives passed a bill to undermine federal authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act on the same day as the Elk River spill. By Ashley Welsch. Ironically, the U.S.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

In general, environmental data are organized according to media, such as air or groundwater, analytical fraction, such as VOCs, and sampling round, such as 2014 data. Nuclear safety is managed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission established by the Energy Reorganization Act (1974) following the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.

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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—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.

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