What is TSCA?
TSCA stands for Toxic Substances Control Act. It was enacted by Congress to give EPA the ability to track the 75,000 industrial chemicals currently produced or imported into the United States. EPA repeatedly screens these chemicals and can require reporting or testing of those that may pose an environmental or human-health hazard. The EPA can ban the manufacture and import of those chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk. Also, the EPA can track the thousands of new chemicals that industry develops each year with either unknown or dangerous characteristics. It can then control these chemicals as necessary to protect human health and the environment.
