MCL
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Earth Day 2021: Heightened Chemical Regulation under the Biden Administration
A key platform of President Biden’s environmental agenda is a heightened focus on regulating chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Regulating chemicals in order to minimize the threat to human and the environment is clearly also critical to achieving the aims and goals of Earth Day especially considering that the publication of… Continue reading
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New York Sets PFAS And 1,4-Dioxane MCL
On July 30, 2020, New York’s Public Health and Planning Council voted to establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOA and PFOS, two of the more common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS. Continue reading
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ATSDR and U.S. EPA–Conflicting Guidance Regarding Emerging Contaminant Regulatory Standards?
The director of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Peter Breysse, continues to defend the agency’s minimal risk levels (MRLs) for perfluorinated chemicals that were released in June 2018 as part of a draft toxicological profile. Continue reading