Toxic Substances Control Act

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United States federal statute chemical safety law

The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.

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Label	Occurrences
Toxic Substances Control Act canonical	23
TSCA	4
An Act to regulate commerce and protect human health and the environment by requiring testing and necessary use restrictions on certain chemical substances	1
TSCA of 1976	1
TSCA section 8(b)	1
original Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T77967 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Toxic Substances Control Act
Context triple: [United States Environmental Protection Agency, enforces, Toxic Substances Control Act]

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
B. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
C. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
D. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.
E. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Toxic Substances Control Act
Target entity description: The Toxic Substances Control Act is a U.S. federal law that regulates the manufacture, import, distribution, and use of chemical substances to protect human health and the environment.

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is a U.S. federal law that governs the management, treatment, storage, and disposal of solid and hazardous waste to protect human health and the environment.
B. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund) is a U.S. federal law that authorizes the federal government to identify, investigate, and clean up sites contaminated with hazardous substances and to hold responsible parties liable for the costs.
C. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act is a U.S. law that regulates the registration, distribution, sale, and use of pesticides to protect human health and the environment.
D. Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is a U.S. federal law that requires industries to report on the storage, use, and releases of hazardous chemicals to support emergency planning and inform the public about environmental risks.
E. Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act is a landmark U.S. federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources to protect public health and the environment from air pollution.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ chemical safety law ⓘ
abbreviation	TSCA ⓘ linked to: Toxic Substances Control Act
administeredBy	United States Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
amendedBy	Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act ⓘ
authorizes	EPA to ban certain chemical substances ⓘ EPA to impose restrictions on chemicals ⓘ EPA to require testing of chemicals ⓘ
codifiedIn	Title 15 of the United States Code ⓘ
containsPolicyDeclaration	15 U.S.C. §2601 – Congressional findings, policy, and intent ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
effectiveDate	1977-01-01 ⓘ
enactedBy	94th United States Congress ⓘ
establishes	TSCA Inventory of chemical substances ⓘ
exempts	cosmetics regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ drugs regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ foods and food additives regulated under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ⓘ nuclear material regulated by the Atomic Energy Act ⓘ pesticides regulated under FIFRA ⓘ
majorAmendmentDate	2016-06-22 ⓘ
postAmendmentFeature	enhances EPA authority to obtain information on chemicals ⓘ limits confidentiality claims for chemical information ⓘ requires EPA to evaluate existing chemicals with clear and enforceable deadlines ⓘ requires EPA to prioritize chemicals for risk evaluation ⓘ requires safety findings for new chemicals before market entry ⓘ
primaryPurpose	protect human health ⓘ protect the environment ⓘ regulate chemical substances and mixtures ⓘ
publicLawNumber	Public Law 94-469 ⓘ
regulates	disposal of chemical substances ⓘ distribution in commerce of chemical substances ⓘ manufacture of chemical substances ⓘ processing of chemical substances ⓘ use of chemical substances ⓘ
relatedTo	chemical risk assessment ⓘ environmental health law ⓘ industrial chemicals regulation ⓘ
requires	premanufacture notification for new chemical substances ⓘ
section	Section 12 – Exports ⓘ Section 13 – Imports ⓘ Section 4 – Testing of chemical substances and mixtures ⓘ Section 5 – Manufacturing and processing notices ⓘ Section 6 – Regulation of hazardous chemical substances and mixtures ⓘ Section 8 – Reporting and retention of information ⓘ
shortName	TSCA ⓘ linked to: Toxic Substances Control Act
signedBy	Gerald Ford ⓘ
signingDate	1976-10-11 ⓘ
title	Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ
USCodeSections	15 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. ⓘ

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Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Environmental Protection Agency → enforces → Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act → relatedTo → Toxic Substances Control Act ⓘ

Toxic Substances Control Act → shortName → TSCA ⓘ