Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions

Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions (TSCATS)... 

TSCATS toxic substances control act test submissions... 

TSCATS Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions 4,200 submissions on 2,228 substances ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Unpublished health and safety studies submitted to the EPA. Provides a mechanism for ordering microfiche copies of studies... 

Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions (TSCATS) Search. U.S.A. Syracuse Research Corporation. URL http // esc.syrres.com/efdb/TSCATS.htm. Use CAS numbers or chemical structures to search for chemicals use Study Type Search to narrow by acute or chronic, or even subacute toxicity alongside route of administration and organism. 

EPA posts 8(e) reports it receives on its Web site, which are very useful for benchmarking, as well as for obtaining information about specific chemicals, though they are not very useful for guidance because they are merely industry interpretations. The EPA has also posted searchable summaries of 8(e) submissions in the Toxic Substances Control Act Test Submissions (TSCATS) database. 

US EPA. 2014. Toxic Substance Control Act Test Submissions, Version 2.0. Last Revision January 18, 2014. http //yosemite.epa.gov/oppts/epatscat8.nsf/ ReportSearch OpenForm (queried January 18,2014). 

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976 to identify and control toxic chemical ha2ards to human health and the environment. One of the main provisions of TSCA was to estabUsh and maintain an inventory of all chemicals in commerce in the United States for the purpose of regulating any of the chemicals that might pose an unreasonable risk to human health or the environment. An initial inventory of chemicals was estabhshed by requiring companies to report to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) all substances that were imported, manufactured, processed, distributed, or disposed of in the United States. Over 50,000 chemical substances were reported. PoUowing this initial inventory, introduction of all new chemical substances requires a Premanufacturing Notification (PMN) process. To be included in the PMN are the identity of the new chemical, the estimated first year and maximum production volume, manufacture and process information, a description of proposed use, potential release to the environment, possible human exposure to the new substance, and any health or environmental test data available at the time of submission. In the 10 years that TSCA has been in effect, the USEPA has received over 10,000 PMNs and up to 10% of the submissions each year are for dyes (382)... 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxic Substances Control Act (U.S. EPA TSCA) Chemical Inventory and Test Submission Data Base, 13 694 U.S. EPA Tier 2 specification, gasoline sulfur content, 10 54. See also Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... 

CMA. 1984. Voluntary Testing Program under Section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act. Submission of Test Data. Volume III. Isophorone Mutagenicity Studies. Unpublished studies performed by Microbiological Associates, Bethesda, MD for Chemical Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC. OTS Section 4 submission. Doc. ID. 40-8455047. Microfiche No. OTS0507222. 

Provides over 64 000 citations to unpublished health and safety studies, chemical tests, and substantial risk data on over 8400 chemical substances submitted to the US EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Copies of the original submissions are available from the US EPA (CIS, subset of TOXLINE available on CD-ROM in PolTox I and Toxline from Silver Platter). 

Table 2 Types of tests and test species used in deriving toxicity data for submissions under the Toxic Substance Control Act...

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