Industry Cautions Against Modeling TSCA Reforms After REACH
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
While industry, NGOs, legislators and others agree that the 35-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act should be reformed, stakeholders disagree on whether to use the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals as a guide.
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