Dismantling America’s Chemical Safety Net: Why Investors Should be Alarmed by Efforts to Weaken TSCA

Investor Guidance

2026

Chemicals used throughout manufacturing supply chains, consumer products, food
packaging, and drinking water systems are foundational to modern commerce, but they can also create significant risks—including litigation exposure, regulatory liability, reputational damage, supply chain disruption, and rising healthcare costs. For investors committed to long-term value creation, the federal framework governing chemical safety is a material financial concern. But the regulatory framework that helps manage those risks is now facing substantial challenges.

In early 2026, draft legislation emerged in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate that would fundamentally weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)—the nation’s bedrock chemical safety law.

This joint paper from Clean Production Action, the Investor Environmental Health Network, and ICCR lays out what the TSCA does and what it took to get us here, and what the congressional proposals would undo.

Julie Wokaty

Read the paper here

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