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Air Purification : Chemical Testing

Posted by Julia G on

New law requires EPA to assess substances for health and environmental risks America’s Toxic Substances Control Act was put into place in 1976 and remained unchanged for decades, even when countless new chemicals flooded the marketplace and profoundly changed the chemical environment. In reality, the EPA couldn’t do much to regulate the chemicals that were being introduced to the public. When the TSCA was enacted, it grandfathered in thousands of unevaluated chemicals that were in commerce at the time. Under the old law the EPA was unable to evaluate chemicals and to require companies to generate and provide data on...

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