Thursday, June 24, 2010

More on how the November elections may impact the TSCA Chemical Reform bills being debated

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Yesterday I wrote a commentary piece about how the likely change in numbers of Republicans and Democrats could affect the ongoing discussio...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Will the November Elections "Reform" TSCA Chemical Reform?

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As anyone reading my posts on this site knows already, the US Congress has introduced bills in the House and Senate to reform/modernize TSCA...
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Monday, June 21, 2010

Climate Scientists James Hansen and Robert Watson Win Prestigious Blue Planet Prize

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Climate scientists have recently been fending off harassment, professional character assassination, and even death threats as lobbying group...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

China Publishes Revised Draft Guidance for Chemicals Notification

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While REACH dominates the attention of Europe and TSCA reform is keeping everyone in the US guessing, the Chinese Environment Ministry has u...
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...