Five Chemicals Removed From Priority List of TSCA Testing Candidates

An interagency committee is removing five substances from its list of priority chemicals for testing under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The Interagency Testing Committee’s revises the list at least every six months. The report is used by the Environmental Protection Agency to guide its decisions on the promulgation of chemical testing regulations under Section 4(a) of TSCA. The Priority Testing List now includes two alkylphenols, 45 High Production Volume Challenge Program orphan chemicals, cadmium, a category of cadmium compounds, six non-phthalate plasticizers, 25 phosphate ester flame retardants, two other flame retardants, nine chemicals to which children living near hazardous waste sites may be exposed, and 19 diisocyanates and related compounds, said EPA. Comments on the changes are due by Feb. 24.