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B&C Publishes New FIFRA Tutor® Courses and Updates TSCA Tutor® Courses

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All courses can be accessed at [link] TSCA Tutor® B&C has updated the content in T101 — An Overview of TSCA and T204 — Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) to reflect updated Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) implementation information and the upcoming 2024 CDR period.

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It’s Time for EPA to Regulate Chemicals by Class

Union of Concerned Scientists

Understanding the Toxic Substances Control Act To understand how grouping chemicals might work in regulations, let’s talk about the Toxic Substance Control Act , or TSCA, the primary law safeguarding the public from exposures to non-pesticide chemicals.

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Ultium Cells LLC and General Motors Company Enter into Consent Agreement with EPA for Alleged TSCA Violations

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Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), Ultium Cells LLC (Ultium) and General Motors Company (GM) have entered into a consent agreement with EPA concerning alleged violations of Section 5(a)(1) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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EPA Proposes to Amend PBT Rules for decaBDE and PIP (3:1)

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In the proposed rule, EPA states that after receiving additional comments following the issuance of the The post EPA Proposes to Amend PBT Rules for decaBDE and PIP (3:1) appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

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EPA Publishes Proposed Rule Banning TCE

SPR Law

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule to ban all manufacturing and use of trichloroethylene (TCE) under Section 6(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) (15 U.S.C. On October 31, 2023, the U.S.

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EPA’s New PFAS Definition Will Make it Harder to Protect the Public

Union of Concerned Scientists

This is not just conjecture; this situation happened before with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in the 1970s and 1980s—highly toxic chemicals that were banned by the EPA in 1979. Dow’s argument was that the ban did not apply because what they were manufacturing could not be defined as PCBs (even though they were).

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ChemExpo Knowledgebase: A new way to explore chemical use information

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Under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA is required to assess, manage, and evaluate the safety of existing chemicals, including their exposure potential. Read the full story from U.S. There are tens of thousands of chemicals registered for use in commercial, industrial, and consumer products in the US.