Proposed Amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Download or read book Proposed Amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) written by Linda-Jo Schierow and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spring 2010, a Senate bill and a House bill were introduced to amend TSCA. This report compares both bills, and current law. Both bills would amend the 35-year-old law to shift the burden of demonstrating safety for chemicals in commerce from the EPA to manufacturers and processors of chemicals. Both bills also would prohibit manufacture, processing, and dist. of any chemical substance for which safety has not been demonstrated. Both bills suggest a health-based standard. In contrast, current law requires that a chemical not pose ¿an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environ.,¿ and that any reg¿n. should control unreasonable risk to the extent necessary using the ¿least burdensome¿ means of control. Illus. A print on demand report.