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EDF Takes Chemical Industry to Task Over TCE Proposed Risk Reduction Regulation

Richard Denison, Lead Senior Scientist at Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), took the chemical industry to task for asking the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) not to allow EPA to issue a proposal to restrict certain very high-risk uses of trichloroethylene (TCE), which focuses on TCE’s use in commercial vapor degreasing operations.

In Denison's blog, he points out that these are the first risk reduction actions EPA is proposing to take under the Lautenberg Act, which passed earlier this year with strong bipartisan support.  


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