The use of a mainstay of the dry-cleaning industry – perchloroethylene – may be coming to an end. On June 16, 2023, EPA proposed to ban, under the Toxic Substance Control Act’s Section.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on December 27, 2022, the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the carbon tetrachloride risk.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on February 14, 2022, that it will reopen the comment period for its draft revision to the risk determination for the cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster risk evaluation issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
The chemicals program at EPA closed out 2021 by proposing revisions to its risk determinations for the Cyclic Aliphatic Bromide Cluster , a solvent used as a flame retardant and wetting agent which has not been manufactured in the United States in nearly five years.