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Enviro policy and green chem reporter @cenmag who 💚s the data. Chem PhD. Past sci ed @ WC/NYT. She/her. Opinions belong to a multicellular organism on Planet 9

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Companies withhold info more often for dangerous chemicals, C&EN finds

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By Leigh Boerner Verified
| Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Verified
Sourcing the data To analyze how companies use confidential business information (CBI) claims in chemical reporting, C&EN turned to Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) data under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). C&EN downloaded CDR reports from 2016, 2020, and 2024. Companies file the reports every year, but the US Environmental Protection Agency releases the reports only every 4 years. For example, the 2024 report contains chemical reporting data for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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EPA’s HFC phasedown delay could raise food costs, critics say

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By Leigh Boerner Verified
| Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Verified
Key Insights The US Environmental Protection Agency is delaying compliance deadlines on phasing down hydrofluorocarbon use for supermarket, industry, semiconductor manufacturing, and other sectors. EPA head Lee Zeldin says the move will lower grocery costs for US consumers, with projected savings of $2.4 billion by 2050. Critics say there’s scant evidence that such a drop will occur and potential for the EPA’s moves to cause higher food costs.
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EPA move risks politicizing chemical risk assessments, ex-official says

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By Leigh Boerner Verified
| Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN) Verified
Key Insights An April 27 internal memo from the US Environmental Protection Agency deputy administrator David Fotouhi directs the agency to stop using the Integrated Risk Information System for chemical risk assessments. Risk assessments will now fall entirely to air, water, chemical, and other policy offices instead of being partially completed in a separate science office. Critics say the move will make science-based assessments vulnerable to political interference.
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