The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has notified five companies that the identities of 14 chemicals associated with a number of health and safety studies submitted under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and claimed as confidential are not eligible for confidential treatment.
The agency announced the move yesterday, saying it would “increase public access to chemical information to help Americans understand risks posed by chemicals in our environment.”
Last year, EPA established a plan to review confidentiality claims for the names of chemicals addressed in health and safety studies. Under these new procedures the agency is moving to declassify many chemical identities so they are no longer secret.
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