Abstract
THE U.S. SYSTEM for regulating commercial chemicals may be on the verge of a major shake-up. Momentum for such a change is due in part to a lack of information about the toxicity of many chemicals. The Environmental Protection Agency regulates the manufacture of commercial chemicals under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). To determine if it needs to control any of the chemicals that are on the market, EPA must have toxicity data. Although TSCA authorizes the agency to force chemical manufacturers to test their products for potential toxicity, doing so is cumbersome, time-consuming, and expensive for the cash-strapped agency. A number of factors, both international and domestic, are increasing the probability that Congress will overhaul TSCA. The chemical industry likely won’t be enthusiastic about the result. First, the European Union’s recent law—Registration, Evaluation & Authorization of Chemicals (REACH)—is reverberating through supply chains worldwide. It has its opponents, but the law is...
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