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On July 7, 2023, Earthjustice, on behalf of its clients, announced that it notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of its intent to sue for missing the statutory deadlines under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for EPA to evaluate the risks to public health posed by 22 toxic chemicals. Earthjustice states that until EPA completes the overdue risk evaluations, “some of the most dangerous and widely used chemicals on the market will remain...

On October 13, 2022, Earthjustice, on behalf of a coalition of environmental organizations and community advocates, petitioned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revoke the approval of approximately 600 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that were granted through low volume exemptions (LVE) or low release and low exposure exemptions (LoREX) to the premanufacture notice (PMN) requirements of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). In its October 13,...