ACROSS THE POND Assessing REACH's First Big Impact on U.S. ...

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUNDWhich SIN List chemicalshave been regulated in the US?• TSCA restricts only 2 SIN List chemicals or classes:– Asbestos and Hexavalent chromium compounds• Even these regulations are quite limited:– Only asbestos in products no longer in commerceis regulated under TSCA; EPA’s s ban on all uses ofasbestos was vacated by the 5th Circuit in 1991.– Only those hexavalent chromium-based watertreatment chemicals intended for use in comfortcooling towers are banned under TSCA. Otheruses of these compounds and any otherhexavalent chromium compounds are unaffected.19