EPA concluded that for 67 percent of the 249 technical chemicals, the results of both oral and dermal acute toxicity studies fall within the same Toxicity Category.

On March 17, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the issuance of the final guidance document entitled "Guidance for Waiving Acute Dermal Toxicity Tests for Pesticide ...

For example, if EPA first regulates a category limited to long-chain PFAS before addressing other categories, short-chain PFAS may not be regulated for at least 14 years.

US EPA struggles to replace animal tests for pesticide toxicity Nonanimal approaches have been available for years, but regulators are slow to adopt them by Britt E. Erickson ...

EPA: PFAS tests let us ‘do more’ Regan was the DEQ secretary in 2015 when Chemours’ decades-long contamination of the Cape Fear River with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances became public.

Congress orders the Environmental Protection Agency to review the toxicity ratings of some chemicals and improve its process for making such assessments. Login. Subscribe. News; Magazines. An ...

The EPA estimates that more than 158 million Americans are exposed to PFAS through their drinking water. The agency plans to maintain current rules for PFOA and PFOS, though it will extend the ...

EPA: PFAS tests let us ‘do more’ Regan was the DEQ secretary in 2015 when Chemours’ decades-long contamination of the Cape Fear River with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances became public.

Only a small fraction of chemicals and other toxicants to which people are exposed have undergone formal assessment by the EPA to determine their potential health risks. A new National Academies ...

The case that was decided, Food & Water Watch Inc. v. EPA, came about after the EPA denied a 2016 petition calling for the agency to ban or limit the fluoridation of drinking water. Food & Water Watch ...

EPA: PFAS tests let us ‘do more’ Regan was the DEQ secretary in 2015 when Chemours’ decades-long contamination of the Cape Fear River with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances became public.