Environmental Working Group (EWG) 228d ago

There is a battle brewing over the future of how the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) evaluates chemicals for safety. Over the past decade, industry groups have called for changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act saying the chemical review process is slow and stifles innovation. Now these industry concerns have made it to Congress, with Republicans signaling a desire to revisit the law. Environmental and health groups have cautioned that stripping away aspects of chemical reviews will leave people and the environment at greater risk. Meanwhile, the EPA is already starting to chip away. TNL managing editor Brian Bienkowski explains. —--- The New Lede, a journalism initiative of the Environmental Working Group, is a nonprofit newsroom specializing in coverage of environmental issues that are critical to the health and well-being of people everywhere. We are helping to drive an evolution of the environmental news landscape with a strict adherence to objectivity and advocacy for the truth. EWG has no influence on editorial decision making. Please keep environmental journalism vibrant and support our work: https://act.ewg.org/cXWUG66dJEeFKovViPxgpQ2 And follow us on socials: Substack: https://thenewlede.substack.com/ Twitter: @thenewledenews Bluesky: ‪@thenewlede.bsky.social‬ Facebook: The New Lede Instagram: @thenewlede