January 23, 2017 | Alan Kaufman, senior vice president of technical affairs at the Toy Industry Association (TIA), has been appointed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to serve on the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC), established under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (now called the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, or LSCA).
Kaufman joins roughly 14 other scientists, selected from a pool of more than 100 nominees from government, labor, public interest, animal protection, industry, and other groups, to serve on the committee for a term that runs through January 19, 2020.
The purpose of the committee is to provide independent advice and expert consultation, at the request of the EPA Administrator, with respect to the scientific and technical aspects of risk assessments, methodologies, and pollution prevention measures or approaches, as the EPA begins the process of implementing the reformed federal chemical law.
As a member of the committee, Kaufman has been asked to provide independent judgment based on his expertise in scientific studies supporting the EPA’s mission to “protect human health and the environment.”
                                                                              ——Data from:TIA news