Friday, October 15, 2010

Canada Declares Bisphenol A (BPA) Toxic...Will the US Follow Suit?

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The Canadian government has formally labeled Bisphenol A, commonly called BPA, as "toxic," and added it to Schedule I of the Cana...
Thursday, October 14, 2010

Obama Lifts Gulf Oil Drilling Moratorium...Earthjustice Files a Lawsuit

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Earlier this week the Obama administration lifted the temporary moratorium of offshore oil drilling the the Gulf of Mexico.  The moratorium ...
Wednesday, October 13, 2010

USEPA Strategic Plan Announces a "5-Year Plan" of Priorities

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 The USEPA last week released it's Strategic Plan for Fiscal Year 2011-2015, which serves as the framework for its work for the next fiv...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

EPA's Office of Research and Development Has an Ecotoxicology Database? Who Knew?

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One of the USEPA's offices is the Office of Research and Development (ORD).  Based in Washington DC, ORD is run by Assistant Administra...
Monday, October 11, 2010

As REACH deadline approaches, European Chemicals Agency holds a stakeholders day

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The first registration deadline for REACH, the European chemicals law, is fast approaching.  Manufacturers and importers of chemicals in Eur...
Sunday, October 10, 2010

Book Review - Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway

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This book made me angry.  And it should make you angry as well.  The title "Merchants of Doubt" comes from the famous line of a t...
Friday, October 8, 2010

Obama Administration Revisits Scientific Integrity Policy

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Over a year and a half ago I reported on the Obama Admininstration's call for Agencies to develop scientific integrity rules, and even a...
Thursday, October 7, 2010

Controversial Wind Farm Off Coast of Nantucket Receives Lease

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The much contentious Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound is moving forward.  The Department of Interior approved a lease for a commercial ...
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010

EPA Reviews Hexavalent Chromium Toxicity

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Last week the USEPA announced the availability of an " external review draft " of their Toxicological Review of  Hexavalent Chromi...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

While Congress Waffles on TSCA, the White House Pushes for Ratification of International Chemicals Treaties

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I have talked before about the three international treaties of which the United States originally signed on for but for which Congress has ...
Monday, October 4, 2010

Is TSCA chemical reform good for business?

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It depends on who you ask. If you ask the major NGOs, the answer is yes, of course it is good for business.  To begin with, TSCA reform wo...
Friday, October 1, 2010

EPA Celebrates 20th Anniversary of the Pollution Protection Act

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You read about it in the papers, right?  Probably not.  In any case the USEPA celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Pollution Prevention Ac...
Thursday, September 30, 2010

Department of Interior issues policy on scientific integrity

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The US Department of the Interior, led by Secretary Ken Salazar, has finally issued a new policy to ensure scientific integrity.  According ...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

ECHA to use its "discretionary right" to support REACH chemical registrants that can't meet the November 30th deadline

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Well, within limits.  As the November 30, 2010 deadline rapidly approaches, t he European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is anticipating that at l...