EPA is issuing a final test rule under section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requiring manufacturers and processors of tributyl phosphate (TBP. CAS No. 126-73-3) to perform testing for health effects (oncogenicity, neurotoxicity, reproduction and developmental toxicity, mutagenicity, dermal sensitization, and oral/dermal phannacokinetics), environmental effects (acute effects on algae, fish and aquatic invertebrates, and triggered chronic effects on fish and aquatic, invertebrates and sediment bioassay), and chemical fate (vapor pressure. Koc. and hydrolysis rate).
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Federal Register notice: Trlbutyl Phosphate; Final Test Rule (PDF)(16 pp, 2 MB, August 14, 1989)