Editing Environmental law (section)

=== Chemical safety ===
Chemical safety laws govern the use of [[chemical]]s in human activities, particularly human-made chemicals in modern industrial applications. As contrasted with media-oriented environmental laws (e.g., air or water quality laws), chemical control laws seek to manage the (potential) pollutants themselves. Regulatory efforts include banning specific chemical constituents in consumer products (e.g., [[Bisphenol A]] in plastic bottles), and regulating [[pesticides]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Environmental Law - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/environmental-law |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.sciencedirect.com}}</ref>

Safety regulations including the [[Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976|Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)]] determine the chemicals that are considered harmful from the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)]], but end up placing restrictions to several chemicals per year as opposed to finding many other chemicals that would be considered harmful if exposed.<ref name=":33">{{Cite journal |last=Vogel |first=David |date=2022 |title=The Politics of preemption: American federalism and risk regulation |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/rego.12414 |journal=Regulation & Governance |language=en |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=1160–1173 |doi=10.1111/rego.12414 |issn=1748-5991}}</ref> According to the EPA, only 200 out of the 84,000 chemicals used in 2013 were used for testing purposes, raising concerns on whether TSCA would be up to date in their database.<ref name=":33" /> Chemicals would need to be tested for [[toxicity]], instability, and [[Combustibility and flammability|flammability]] when coming into contact with other chemicals.<ref name=":43">{{Cite journal |last1=Sultana |first1=Sharmin |last2=Haugen |first2=Stein |date=2022-01-05 |title=Development of an inherent system safety index (ISSI) for ranking of chemical processes at the concept development stage |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0304389421015557 |journal=Journal of Hazardous Materials |volume=421 |pages=126590 |doi=10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126590 |pmid=34332477 |bibcode=2022JHzM..42126590S |issn=0304-3894|hdl=11250/2982018 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> It is essential to identify and analyze the different types of chemicals for its potential risks or it could have dangerous outcomes.<ref name=":43" />