"Last July, career EPA officials were set to unveil their plan to complete a long-awaited health review of the toxic metal hexavalent chromium, but more than half a year later, the plan is still under wraps — the latest delay for the human health assessment of the anti-corrosion chemical made infamous by the 2000 film 'Erin Brockovich.'
The setback — revealed in emails obtained by E&E News — was part of a broader slowdown of chemical reviews ordered by EPA leadership, according to an agency source.
"We anticipate releasing a protocol on hexavalent chromium (Cr6) for public comment this June-July," Kristina Thayer, the director of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System, wrote in a March 2018 email.
The IRIS head was responding to a meeting request from Eileen Conneely, a top official at the American Chemistry Council, a trade group that represents chemical companies, including those that use or produce hexavalent chromium.Last July, career EPA officials were set to unveil their plan to complete a long-awaited health review of the toxic metal hexavalent chromium, but more than half a year later, the plan is still under wraps — the latest delay for the human health assessment of the anti-corrosion chemical made infamous by the 2000 film "Erin Brockovich."
The setback — revealed in emails obtained by E&E News — was part of a broader slowdown of chemical reviews ordered by EPA leadership, according to an agency source.
"We anticipate releasing a protocol on hexavalent chromium (Cr6) for public comment this June-July," Kristina Thayer, the director of EPA's Integrated Risk Information System, wrote in a March 2018 email.
The IRIS head was responding to a meeting request from Eileen Conneely, a top official at the American Chemistry Council, a trade group that represents chemical companies, including those that use or produce hexavalent chromium."
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