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February 17, 2025

EPA Draft DCHP Evaluation Finds Unreasonable Risk To Workers’ Health

January 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
An EPA draft evaluation of a phthalate known as DCHP finds that inhalation exposure to the widely used plasticizer presents unreasonable risks to worker’s health, a finding that if finalized would require the agency to write risk management rules to address risks stemming from nine “conditions of use” (COU) that contribute to the finding. The agency released its draft evaluation for dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) Jan. 6 along with underlying draft documents for its ongoing Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) evaluations...

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