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GAO-06-217R 1 (2005-11-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptashc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SGAO Accountability * Integrity Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 November 4, 2005 The Honorable James M. Jeffords Ranking Minority Member Committee on Environment and Public Works United States Senate The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg United States Senate The Honorable Patrick Leahy United States Senate Subject: Chemical Regulation: Approaches in the United States, Canada, and the European Union. Chemicals are used to produce items widely used throughout society, including consumer products such as cleansers, paints, plastics, and fuels, as well as industrial solvents and additives. While chemicals play an important role in everyday life, some may be harmful to human health and the environment. Some chemicals, such as lead and mercury, are highly toxic at certain doses and need to be regulated because of health and safety concerns. In 1976, the Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in part to authorize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate chemicals that pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment.' TSCA addresses chemicals that are manufactured, imported, processed, distributed in commerce, used, or disposed of in the United States and authorizes EPA to assess chemicals before they enter commerce (new chemicals) and review those already in commerce (existing chemicals). TSCA excludes certain chemical substances, including among other things pesticides that are regulated under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); and food; food additives; drugs; cosmetics or devices that are regulated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). For existing chemicals, TSCA authorizes, but does not specifically require, EPA to review the risks of chemicals included in TSCA's inventory of existing chemicals. 'Pub. L. No. 94-469, 40 Stat. 2003 (1976) (codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601-2692). GAO-06-217R Chemical Regulation

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