Asbestos—a known human carcinogen the EPA was virtually powerless to regulate under the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—is the most noticeable member of the Agency’s list of the first 10 chemicals it will evaluate under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which amended the 1976 law. Other well-known chemicals on the list are carbon tetrachloride, methylene chloride (MC), trichloroethylene (TCE), and tetrachloroethylene (also known as perchloroethylene), all probable human carcinogens, and cyclic aliphatic bromide cluster (including hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), a flame retardant that is listed for acute aquatic toxicity).
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The other chemicals on the list are 1,4-dioxane; 1-bromopropane; N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) ; and pigment violet 29 anthra [2,1,9-def:6,510-d’e’f’] diisoquinoline-1,3,8,10 (2H,9H)-tetrone.