ABSTRACT

EPA PROPOSED TEST RULE, 48FR23088 MAY 83 EPA'S RESPONSE TO lTC'S DESIGNATING ET FOR PRIORITY CONSIDERATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS TESTING UNDER TSCA 4(A). EPA IS PROPOSING THAT MFRS AND PROCESSORS OF THE AROMATIC HYDROCARBON FRACTIONS CONTAINING THE 0-,M-AND P-ISOMERS AS PRIMARY COMPONENTS, TEST FOR HEALTH EFFECTS INCLUDING MUTAGENICITY, TERATOGENICITY, NEUROTOXICITY, REPRODUCTIVE EFFECTS AND CARCINOGENICITY.