Sector-Based Environmental Assistance and Environmental Policies & Regulations Update for 2009-2010: including TSCA, Toxics, Toxics in Products, and Toxics Use Reduction at the State and Local Level
Emerging Chemical Concerns: N Propyl Bromide
A new halogenated solvent, nPropyl Bromide, is increasingly being used as a drop-in replacement for banned or heavily regulated solvents like TCA, TCE and perchloroethylene. Not surprisingly, as hazard information emerges, we find there are concerns about neurotoxicity, reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity, and Massachusetts has now listed nPB under the Toxics Use Reduction Act.
Moderator: Marcus Rivas, U.S. EPA
- Margaret Sheppard, Environmental Scientist, Stratospheric Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
