Friday, June 18, 2010

ECHA Adds Eight New Substances of Very High Concern to the REACH Candidate List

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently added eight additional chemical substances to the candidate list of Substances of Very High Co...
Thursday, June 17, 2010

Soap and Detergent Association Renames Itself the American Cleaning Institute

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It's official. The American Cleaning Institute(ACI) is the new name of the former Soap and Detergent Association (SDA). While SDA had ...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Two Symposia Examine Chemical Toxicity Testing in the US and Beyond

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Two upcoming symposia will examine the development of new toxicity testing strategies in the midst of stakeholder negotiations with Congress...
Monday, June 14, 2010

EU Commission Gets Close to Issuing Final PBT Chemical Annex for REACH

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After much internal (and external) disagreement, the European Commission is finally ready to move ahead with its criteria for identifying Pe...
Friday, June 11, 2010

So how is TSCA related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil leak?

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Apparently the NGO coalition called Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families is planning to continue its very high profile, very high activity advo...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

Needs of Downstream Users Critical to Safe Chemicals Act Developments

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"The impact of chemicals on business is felt well beyond the factories where chemicals are manufactured or processed into other substan...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Petrochemical Manufacturers and Refiners Comment on TSCA Chemical Reform Bills

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Specialty chemical manufacturer and downstream user positions on the proposed TSCA reform bills introduced on April 15th were discussed in...
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

EU Takes Steps to Reduce Animal Experimentation

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Two new steps have been taken in Europe to reduce the number of animals used in scientific testing. In the first, the Council of the Europea...
Monday, June 7, 2010

Downstream User Groups Comment on Upcoming House TSCA Chemical Reform Bill

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As the House readies its formal introduction of their version of the TSCA reform bill, called the Toxic Substances Safety Act, various stake...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

SOCMA Comments on House Toxic Chemicals Safety Act Discussion Draft

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As I noted yesterday, not everyone is happy with the way things are panning out on the House "discussion draft" version of the Tox...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

Chemical Industry Expresses Concern Over Developing Toxic Chemical Safety Act

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As I mentioned two days ago , the US House of Representatives has been meeting with various stakeholders to get input into the development o...
Wednesday, June 2, 2010

EPA Issues Notice to Deny Claims of Chemical Confidentiality Under TSCA

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In its continuing quest to use its current authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), EPA has issued a notice in the Federal R...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

House expects to formally introduce its Toxic Chemicals Safety Act

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Way back on April 15th Senator Lautenberg introduced his long-awaited Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 . That same day Representatives Waxman and...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Reinstate Congress' Science Office

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Believe it or not, Congress once had a science office. The Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), from 1872 to 1995, provided research and ...