Tag: carbon tetrachloride

EPA Proposes New Restrictions on Carbon Tetrachloride

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Jul 21, 2023 Chemicals

Updated: Jul 21, 2023

On July 17, 2023, the EPA announced proposed new regulations for the solvent carbon tetrachloride (CTC). The proposed regulations would impose new restrictions and ban some uses of CTC to better protect workers and communities. CTC is a solvent used in commercial settings as a raw material for producing other chemicals like hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) used […]

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EPA Releases Risk Assessment on Carbon Tetrachloride

By Lisa Whitley Coleman, EHS Daily Advisor Nov 18, 2020 Chemicals

Updated: Nov 18, 2020

The EPA released its final risk assessment on carbon tetrachloride, published in the Federal Register on November 4, 2020, concluding that the chemical poses unreasonable risks to worker health. Next steps for the Agency will be to issue mitigation risk measures for the chemical within the next 2 years.