Lynn L. Bergeson, “Is Toxic Substances Control Act Reform in Our Future?,” Chemical Processing, February 24, 2026.

Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a hot topic these days. The release in January of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment’s draft bill titled Discussion Draft of Legislation to Modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (Discussion Draft) has inspired spirited debate. The Discussion Draft marks a notable milestone in Congress’s increasingly vocal promises to address perceived shortcomings in both the landmark 2016 amendments to TSCA and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) nearly 10 years of implementation that followed.