Friday, January 22, 2010

TSCA Chemical Control and CBI - Confidentiality is Good (to a point)

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Yesterday's Federal Register publication by the USEPA of a " new general practice " for restricting the withholding of chemica...
Thursday, January 21, 2010

EPA Expands Transparency on Confidential Business Information Claims for Hazardous TSCA Chemicals

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As noted previously, one of the issues being discussed in relation to reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is that of Confident...
Monday, January 18, 2010

TSCA Bill in March?

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It's become somewhat of a parlor game to figure out when (assuming ever) Senator Lautenberg will reintroduce the newest version of his e...
Thursday, January 14, 2010

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Adds 14 More "Substances of Very High Concern"

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As REACH moves towards its first major registration deadline at the end of this year, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), located in Hels...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

EPA Administrator Jackson Expands Her Priorities from Five to Seven

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Way back when Lisa Jackson offered a list of five priorities in her "First Day" memo, she promised to provide updates as time went...
Monday, January 11, 2010

TSCA is a ch-ch-changing....Some Take Away Points from the Recent EPA Chemical Action Plans

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I mentioned before that the UESPA issued four " action plans " on December 30, 2009 (which seems oh so long ago already). I follo...
Saturday, January 9, 2010

Book Review – Am I Making Myself Clear? A Scientist’s Guide to Talking to the Public by Cornelia Dean

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A much needed book for scientific and non-scientific communities alike. Written by science writer (and former New York Times editor) Corneli...
Friday, January 8, 2010

EPA and Industry Butt Heads on Recently Released Chemical Action Plans

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On December 30, 2009 the USEPA released four " chemical action plans " that summarized the Agency's plan to regulate four chem...
Thursday, January 7, 2010

New York State Considers "Chemical Avoidance List"

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As Congress anticipates introduction of a modernized TSCA chemical control law, perhaps an updated version of the Kid Safe Chemical Act prev...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Chemical Industry Rebuts "Secret Chemical" Report as Erroneous

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As mentioned yesterday , the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non-profit advocacy group based in Washington DC, issued a report suggesti...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Environmental Working Group Releases "Secret Chemicals" Report

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On a note related to my post of yesterday , the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released a report called "Off the Books: Industr...
Monday, January 4, 2010

"Secret Chemicals" a Target of TSCA Chemical Control Reform?

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In this space I have been tracking the ongoing efforts of the current Congress to modernize the 33-year old Toxic Substances Control Act (TS...
Sunday, January 3, 2010

Scientists Need to Talk to the Public - It's Time to Speak Up!!

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So says Chris Mooney in an opinion piece in the Washington Post this weekend. Mooney is co-author with marine scientist Sheril Kirshenbaum...
Friday, January 1, 2010

EPA Ready to Propose New Rules for Nanotechnology

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Because of the less than thrilling results from the voluntary Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program initiative begun during the Bush presi...