The confidential business information status of chemicals on the TSCA Inventory is scheduled for change, removing the confidential chemical identity status for 390 chemicals. This will move the chemicals to the public portion of the TSCA Inventory. During the 2012, 2016, and 2020 reporting periods, one or more manufacturers reported these chemicals as non-confidential, which […]
On April 27, 2021 EPA announced policy changes regarding new PFAS prior to the chemicals entering the market. Previously, low volume exemptions were allowed for some new PFAS. EPA will implement new rules for reviewing and managing the low volume exemption requests. After receiving the request, EPA has 30 days to conduct the review and […]
The TSCA Interagency Testing Committee (ITC) submitted a report to EPA on April 13, 2020 listing an additional 39 chemicals on the priority testing list. Within the 39 chemicals, 15 are already designated as high-priority substances and 24 are organohalogen flame retardants. The priority testing list currently has five other high-priority substances and six organohalogen […]
The pharmacy chain Rite Aid expanded its chemical management policy on March 3, 2021 to add transparency, include additional chemicals on their restricted substance list, and update their screening method. Transparency for the new policy requires suppliers to be more specific in listing their ingredients, such as replacing ‘fragrance’ with the ingredients that make up […]
On February 15, 2021, OSHA posted a notice of proposed rulemaking to make changes to the Hazard Communication Standard. The proposed changes include updates the criteria for classification on health and physical hazard, updating labels, new labeling provisions for small containers, technical amendments for the contents of safety data sheets, and revisions to definitions of […]
On November 20, 2020, EPA received a manufacturer request for risk evaluation for the chemical substances in the octahydro-tetramethyl-naphthalenyl-ethanone chemical category (OTNE). These substances are used as fragrance ingredients. The three manufacturers, International Flavors and Fragrances, Inc., Privi Organics USA Corporation, and DRT America, Inc., sent the request through the OTNE Consortium. The risk evaluation […]
In January 2021, EPA published the final rules for five Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) chemicals. The public comment period for these rules is open until May 17, 2021. The five PBT chemicals are: Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE) Phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)) 2,4,6-Tris(tert-butyl)phenol (2,4,6-TTBP) Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) Pentachlorothiophenol (PCTP) DecaBDE is used as an additive […]
In February 2021, EPA announced the Agency’s commitment to strengthening science used in chemical risk evaluations. EPA stated the Agency will continue to update its systematic review approach and its broader efforts to review the first 10 TSCA risk evaluations. The first 10 TSCA risk evaluations were complete in January 2021. Following the review of […]
In January 2021, OEHHA announced a proposal to make changes to use the of the short-form Proposition 65 warnings. These changes restrict when a manufacturer would be allowed to use the short-form. Previous use of the short-form warning label had “no limitation on using the short-form warning on larger products”. The only requirement was that […]
In February 2021, EPA announced that the Agency issued a “stop sale” order to Amazon in relation to unregistered pesticides and disinfectants. This is the third stop sale order Amazon has been issued by EPA and brings the list of products in the stop sale order from 30 to 70. The first stop sale order […]
