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Toxic golf balls? Sporting good illustrates need for prompt action by EPA to address persistent chemical threats

Advocates uncover likely use of toxic, environmentally harmful chemical in golf balls; call on EPA to follow Congressional directive to promptly address chemicals that build up in people and the environment

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: Environmental Health Strategy Center, EPA, golf, Healthy Building Network, Liz Hitchcock, Patrick MacRoy, PBTs, Pentachlorothiophenol (PCTP), Rubber Manufacturers Association, TSCA

Groups call on EPA’s Beck to sit out chemical rulemaking

Today, five environmental health groups called on the EPA Office of General Counsel to require Dr. Nancy Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator (DAA) for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention, to recuse herself from ongoing rulemaking on proposed bans of unsafe uses of three dangerous toxic chemicals.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: American Chemistry Council, Daniel Rosenberg, earthjustice, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, EPA Administrator, Eve Gartner, Liz Hitchcock, Nancy Beck, NRDC, Patrick MacRoy, Scott Pruitt

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Groups Threaten Seven Companies with Lawsuit for Alleged Failure to Report Imports of Toxic Solvent

Washington, DC—Public health advocates began the process to sue seven companies, including a unit of Dow, for their apparent failure to report to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) their importation of n-Propyl Bromide (“nPB,” also known as 1-bromopropane), as required by EPA regulations.

Filed Under: Policy & Regulation Tagged With: 1-bromopropane, Andy Igrejas, Chemical Data Reporting program, Chemical Solvents, Dow Agrosciences LLC, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, First Continental International, Murashu USA, n-Propyl Bromide, Patrick MacRoy, Solvents Company, Storchem (USA), Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Unistar Chemical

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