EPA, Tech Firms Join Voluntary Program To End Toxics Use In Supply Chain

EPA and several major tech companies have joined with an environmental group to spearhead a program aimed at reducing workers’ exposure to toxic chemicals in the electronics sector’s supply chain, with the first round of priority chemicals identifying substances like methylene chloride that are already subject to EPA regulation under TSCA. Toward Zero Exposure is a program from the Clean Electronics Production Network (CEPN) that launched in August with commitments from founding companies Apple, Dell, and HP Inc. Other companies...