EDGI’s Comment to the EPA on the Proposed High-Priority Substance Designations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Vinyl Chloride (10/23/2024)

EDGI’s Comment to the EPA on the Proposed High-Priority Substance Designations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); Vinyl Chloride (10/23/2024)

We support EPA’s determination to reopen vinyl chloride’s risk prioritization. We encourage the EPA to go further. The historical evidence shows that the industry has pushed against the known evidence of harm to communities, workers, and the U.S. public as vinyl chloride (especially given the replacement of lead piping in the U.S. over the next ten years, likely by plastic alternatives) enters every waste stream, water stream, and backyard, as “…