Safer Chemicals Policy Watch: April 2017
- At Trump’s EPA, Less Science and More Industry - As new bills are being put forward, the role of science in shaping environmental regulation under the Trump Administration is not clear.
- Chemical Sector, Environmentalists Spar Over Fate Of EPA Toxics Policies - “Chemical sector officials and environmentalists are sparring over the fate of several major EPA toxics policies that the agency is reviewing as part of President Donald Trump's order on regulatory reform, with industry seeking to revise or repeal some Obama-era rules while environmentalists are pushing to defend the existing regulations.”
- New But Not Improved: The New Regulatory Accountability Act Would Severely Threaten TSCA Implementation and Many Other Vital Health Protections - The future of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) with the Lautenberg Act amendments is uncertain given the updated Regulatory Accountability Act.
- Trump Just Appointed a Chemical Industry Honcho to Protect Us From Chemicals - The Trump administration has appointed the American Chemistry Council’s senior director of regulatory science policy as the deputy assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the very office that regulates the chemical industry itself.
- E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board - The dismissal of scientific review board members in favor of those who “understand the impact of regulation on the regulation community” signals a potential shift in the way that the EPA makes decisions.
