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Enviros Challenge New Rules on Toxic Air Plastic and Chemical Pollution

"Environmental groups are teeing up a legal challenge to new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules on pollution from chemical and plastics plants, citing concerns the EPA relied too heavily on lowball industry estimates as it sized up the risks to people’s health posed by ethylene oxide (EtO), chloroprene, and other toxic air pollution."

Source: DeSmog, 07/25/2024

EPA Takes Next Step Toward Banning Vinyl Chloride

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed designating one of the toxic substances spilled by a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, as a high-priority chemical under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the next step to a full ban."

Source: The Hill, 07/25/2024

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