Why is the Chemical Right-to-Know Program important?
The Chemical Right-to-Know Program is important because it reflects a number of recent developments: -The study, Toxic Ignorance, prepared by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), raised a variety of concerns about the untested chemicals which are manufactured and imported into the U.S. It found that baseline data on health effects were not publicly available for many high production volume chemicals. EPA prepared its own study, titled the Chemical Hazard Data Availability Study, which found similar results and reinforced the need for government leadership on this issue. Of about 2,800 high production volume chemicals, EPA’s review determined that complete health and environmental effects data are publicly available for only about 7% of these chemicals. Finally, the Chemical Manufacturers Association (CMA) also conducted a study entitled Public Availability of SIDS-Related Testing Data for U.S. High Production Volume Chemicals, which again reported similar results and indicated the nee
