Toxic Substance Control Act Research Paper

Before the Toxic Substances Control Act was passed by the United States law in 1976, the human population was believed to have been exposed to a multitude of chemical substances and mixtures. These chemicals were beginning to cause a lot of health problems to humans. This caused the lawmakers to believe that among the substances that are being constantly developed and produced, there are some whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment. So, they had to act before these chemicals ravished humanity. The law gave power to the Environmental Agency Protection, otherwise known as EPA, to track the industrial chemicals that were being produced or imported …show more content…
Both naturally occurring and artificial chemicals are subject to TSCA, except for chemicals that are regulated under other federal laws concerning food, drugs, cosmetics, firearms, ammunition, pesticides, tobacco, or mixtures. The EPA may require manufacturers and the people that process chemicals to manage and report the results of tests to determine the effects of potentially dangerous chemicals on living things. Based on the test results and other information, EPA must monitor the manufacture, importation, processing, distribution, use, and/or disposal of any chemical that present an unreasonable risk of injury to human health or the environment. A variety of regulatory tools that are available to EPA under TSCA, ranging in severity from a total ban on production, import, and use to a requirement that a product bears a warning label at the point of sale. TSCA directs EPA to use the least burdensome option that can reduce risk to a level that is reasonable, given the benefits provided by the chemical product or