The Toxic Substances Control Act Once Again a Center of Controversy

THE DEBATE Less than a decade has passed since enactment of the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, the first time the Toxic Substances Control Act was amended since the original law was passed 40 years earlier. Welcomed with broad enthusiasm, the 2016 amendments were intended to correct a number of TSCA’s shortcomings. But has the new law worked as expected? Or, as critics have since argued, is it time to consider new amendments because implementation of the 2016 act has revealed significant flaws?