The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that it will formally designate five known or probable carcinogens as High-Priority Substances (HPS) that will undergo a risk evaluation under the nation’s chemical safety law, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).
Mitsui Chemicals Inc. announced that affiliate Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. began operations in late September at additional production facilities for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).