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403 COMPANIES TO TEST CHEMICALS TO INCREASE PUBLIC INFORMATION
Release Date: 02/03/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000
403 COMPANIES TO TEST CHEMICALS TO INCREASE PUBLIC INFORMATION
As part of EPA’s commitment to increase the public’s right to know about chemicals in their community, the Agency is making available information on health and environmental data for 2,011 chemicals which has been voluntarily made available by 403 companies. This initiative, the High Production Volume (HPV) Chemical Challenge Program, is part of the Vice President’s commitment to inform the public about toxic chemicals. The voluntary effort makes basic screening-level toxicity information available to the public on chemicals manufactured or imported into the United States in amounts over one million pounds a year. The companies, either individually or as part of 148 consortia, will, if needed, use the same tests, testing protocols and information summary formats used by international cooperative efforts to secure basic toxicity information on HPV chemicals world wide. This initiative is in response to an EPA study that found there is little toxicity information publicly available on these HPV chemicals. Such information will increase public understanding of how these chemicals could pose potential risks to human health or the environment. Additional information can be found at: https://www.epa.gov/chemrtk.
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