Environmental Protection Agency Regulation of Asbestos and Carbon Nanotubes Under the Toxic Substances Control Act: Investigating the Role of Politics, Science, and Policy in Administrative Rulemaking and Implementation

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dc.contributor.advisorConant, James K
dc.contributor.advisorBalint, Peter J
dc.contributor.authorSlate, Robert
dc.creatorSlate, Robert
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T18:05:46Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T18:05:46Z
dc.date.issued2014-08
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, four policy models--rational, incremental, interest group, and process streams--are used to examine how the policy-making process worked (or did not work) in the development of statutory law and administrative rules for asbestos and carbon nanotubes. A summary of the policy-making models is provided, followed by predictions about the passage and implementation of public law. Then, the roles Congressional policy entrepreneurs, bureaucrats, lobbyists, and interest groups played in the policy-making process that led to the enactment of the Asbestos Hazard and Emergency Response Act of 1986 are described. A discussion of the common epidemiological and toxicological principles of carbon nanotubes is the next step in the study, followed by a more detailed analysis of the physicochemical properties of chrysotile asbestos and multi-walled carbon nanotubes. Then, the relevant in vivo and in vitro findings in the scientific literature are analyzed. The findings tend to show multi-walled carbon nanotubes could have asbestos-like effects on the lungs. These findings provide an important backdrop for the examination of the Environmental Protection Agency's existing regulatory framework for carbon nanotubes. Finally, the predictions about policy making and policy implementation are examined. In this concluding section, emphasis is placed on the challenges associated with Environmental Protection Agency rulemaking on asbestos and carbon nanotubes and the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act.
dc.format.extent256 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8978
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Robert Slate
dc.subjectEnvironmental studies
dc.subjectOccupational health
dc.subjectToxicology
dc.subjectCarbon nanotubes
dc.subjectChrysotile Asbestos
dc.subjectEnvironmental Protection Agency
dc.subjectPolicy Implementation
dc.subjectPolicy Models
dc.subjectToxic Substances Control Act
dc.titleEnvironmental Protection Agency Regulation of Asbestos and Carbon Nanotubes Under the Toxic Substances Control Act: Investigating the Role of Politics, Science, and Policy in Administrative Rulemaking and Implementation
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEnvironmental Science and Public Policy
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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