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EPA plans stricter manufacturing conditions and data-call in for nanomaterials

Published: Saturday 21 February 2009

In October 2008, the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice on the TSCA inventory status of carbon nanotubes and announced that, some time after 1st March 2009, ‘EPA anticipates focusing its compliance monitoring efforts to determine if companies are complying with TSCA section 5 requirements for carbon nanotubes.’

According to an recent update published by Bureau of National Affairs' (BNA) Daily Environment Report (reproduced by Meridian Nanotechnology & Development News),  ‘Jessica Barkas, an attorney with EPA's Chemical Control Division said the EPA is putting conditions, such as development of toxicity data, requiring carbon nanotubes to be embedded in a polymer or metal structure, and requiring workers to use protective equipment, on firms that want to make new nano-scale chemicals. The agency is also considering issuing a data call-in for basic production volume and exposure data for nanomaterials. According to Barkas, the EPA will eventually shift from its "...current focus of collecting information to a focus of controlling risks."

Follow these links to read the Meridian News coverage of the BNA article (BNA Daily Environment Report is available to subscribers only).

 
 
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a notice entitled ‘Toxic Substances Control Act Inventory Status of Carbon Nanotubes’, giving notice of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requirements potentially applicable to carbon nanotubes (CNTs). (31st October 2008)
 
BASF Corporation submitted to the US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) (under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)) results of ‘A Subchronic Inhalation Study in Wistar Rats with Carbon Nano Tube’. (31st October 2008)