5 Years After TSCA Reform:
Strengthening Health Protection through Science
Friday, June 25, 2021
Event description
Five years ago Congress amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in an effort to strengthen the law and protect people from harmful chemicals. Unfortunately, implementation of the law has failed to use the best available science or prioritize vulnerable populations.
PRHE has closely monitored EPA's actions, submitting public comments and developing recommendations in collaboration with PRHE's Science Response Network, signed by hundreds of scientists, clinicians, and professional organizations. During the panel, science policy experts discussed key issues that EPA must address to improve how science is used to identify and prevent harmful exposures and protect the public's health.
Alison S. Carlson Endowed Professor, UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Director, PRHE
Detroit based environmental justice organizer
Investigator, University of Michigan School of Public Health
Director, Federal Toxics Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council
Thank you to the North American Chapter of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology for co-sponsoring and to Detroit Public TV's One Detroit channel for broadcasting the event.
Background reading about TSCA:
- Population susceptibility: A vital consideration in chemical risk evaluation under the Lautenberg Toxic Substances Control Act
- Toxic Substances Control Act and the Regulation of Chemicals
- EPA needs to keep up with science, do more to protect vulnerable populations