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The National Toxicology Program (NTP), part of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, announced that it is evaluating the association between exposures to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and immunotoxicity. As part of the review, NTP requested information about ongoing studies on the immune-related health effects of PFOA and PFOS.
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) modernization bill on April 28, 2015. The bill is an amended version of the bipartisan bill S. 697, the "Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Act." The amended bill, which passed out of Committee by a vote of 15-5, included compromises on the following key issues:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on March 16, 2015, that it and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to share data on pesticides and toxic substances. FDA and EPA have overlapping roles with respect to regulatory authority over antimicrobials in food applications. For additional information on FDA and EPA jurisdiction over pesticides, see the PackagingLaw.com article, The Regulation of Antimicrobials in Food Packaging.
The European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) Member State Committee (MSC) unanimously agreed to identify bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) due to its endocrine disrupting properties in the environment. This action is being taken under the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical (REACH) Regulation.
The Danish Order on a register of mixtures and articles that contain nanomaterials as well as the requirement for producers and importers to report to the register entered into force on June 18, 2014. The Order establishes a Nano Product Register of mixtures and articles that contain nanomaterials and are intended for sale to the general public. The Danish Environmental Protection Agency will maintain the Nano Product Register.
The State of California has posted the effective date of its Safer Consumer Product Regulations (or Green Chemistry Initiative) as October 1, 2013 and also has posted the final version of the regulations. Within 30 days after the effective date of the regulation, the Candidate Chemicals List will be posted on the DTSC website. The initial list of five Priority Products specifying product-chemical combinations, will be released for review and comment within 180 days after the effective date of the regulation.
France has submitted a proposal to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to reclassify bisphenol A (BPA) from reproductive toxicity Category 2 to reproductive toxicity Category 1B. Under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on the classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP Regulation), ECHA's Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) is required to adopt an opinion on any classification and labeling (CLH) proposal within 18 months after receipt of the proposal.
The late Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) introduced on May 22, 2013, S. 1009, The Chemical Safety Improvement Act of 2013 (CSIA). This bill would modernize the 37-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). After many years of sometimes contentious one-sided attempts to reform TSCA—Senator Lautenberg introduced the first of many iterations of the Safe Chemicals Act in 2005—the current bill garners an unprecedented level of bipartisanship.