Modernizing U.S. Chemical Laws: How the Application of Twenty-First Century Toxicology can Help Drive Legal Reform

Written by: Donald B. Myers Jr. and Paul A. Locke. Published in N.Y.U Environmental Law Journal on 12/30/2012

There is general agreement among stakeholders that reform for U.S. chemicals laws is long overdue. While the details of this reform have not yet emerged, under almost every scenario now being discussed, massive amounts of new scientific data will be needed. Obtaining this data will require a quantum leap in the amount of toxicity testing being performed. Surprisingly, little discussion in the legal literature has evaluated the extent, nature, and implications of the need for an expanded testing system… Read more in the N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal.