The Environmental Protection Network Condemns Rollback of Key Protections Against PFAS
EPN Comments on Notice: Petition Seeking Rulemaking to Modify Labeling Requirements for Pesticides and Devices
EPN Comments on the Proposed Registration of Pesticide Products Containing the New Active Ingredient, Veratrine
EPN Comments on EPA’s Interim PFAS Destruction and Disposal Guidance
EPN Comments on EPA’S Proposed Registration of New Active Ingredient, Glycerol Formate, in Ecolab’s Product, “DuoGuard RTU”
Environmental Protection Network Applauds Emergency Suspension of the Pesticide Dacthal
EPN Comments on New Registration Applications for the Pesticide Dicamba
EPN Comments on the Draft Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment for Formaldehyde and Paraformaldehyde
EPN Comments on Asbestos Part 2 Supplemental Evaluation; Draft Risk Evaluation Under TSCA
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Toxic Substances
Sources Question Significance Of Pending TSCA Methylene Chloride Ruling
Bob Sussman, former EPA Deputy Administrator, was quoted in Inside EPA. Former EPA official Bob Sussman is cautioning against expectations that the 5th Circuit may take significant action on consolidated challenges to the Biden-era TSCA rule banning most uses of the common solvent methylene chloride, following oral argument where one judge strongly questioned EPA but another spoke rarely.
Is Trump Reversing a Biden-era Asbestos Ban? Here’s What We Know
Michelle Roos was quoted in Live Now Fox. The Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is planning to reconsider a Biden-era rule banning the last type of asbestos still used in U.S. industries—specifically chrysotile asbestos, which is linked to mesothelioma and other deadly diseases.
EPA Plan To Rewrite TSCA Rule On Asbestos Leaves Ban’s Status Unclear
EPN was mentioned in Inside EPA. The Trump EPA’s plan to rewrite the Biden-era TSCA phaseout of the major uses of chrysotile asbestos and further delay litigation over the measure is raising questions over whether the agency will continue to enforce the existing rule as it expects it will take 30 months — much of the administration’s remaining term — to redo the rule.
EPA Will Revisit Biden-Era Ban on the Last Type of Asbestos Used in US
Michelle Roos was quoted in AP News. The Environmental Protection Agency told a federal appeals court it will reconsider the Biden administration’s ban on the last type of asbestos used in the United States to determine whether it went “beyond what is necessary.”