Republicans and Democrats voiced diametrically different views Thursday about whether a draft bill revising the nation’s foremost chemicals law would help or harm US industries and human health.
The House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee held a hearing to discuss a draft bill that would significantly alter the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which Congress overhauled in 2016.
Among other changes to existing law, the draft bill would change the criteria that would determine when the Environmental Protection Agency could regulate new and existing chemicals; speed the EPA’s decisions about whether new chemicals can be produced; require the EPA to ...
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