Saturday, February 12, 2011

Priority Chemicals Listed by the Minnesota Department of Health - Toxic Free Kids Act

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Under the Toxic Free Kids Act, the state of Minnesota Department of Health, in consultation with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, has...
Friday, February 11, 2011

EPA Updates EPI Suite Chemical Estimation Software

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The USEPA has long made available a computer program called "EPI Suite," which allows users to estimate  physical-chemical propert...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

ECHA Updates its Online IT Tool to Allow Searching by Categories of Chemicals

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For those deeply into REACH, the EU's chemical control law, the European Chemical Agency's (ECHA) web site is a treasure trove of he...
Thursday, February 3, 2011

TSCA Chemical Reform Hearing Going on Now (10:00 am EST)

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As I noted a couple of days ago, the US Senate is holding a hearing today on TSCA reform.  Technically, the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxi...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Scientists Ask Congress to Drop Partisanship and Focus on Climate Science to Address Global Warming

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On January 28th more than a dozen scientists wrote a letter to Congress, asking it to "take a fresh look" at climate data. They r...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

TSCA Chemical Reform Hearing in the US Senate Thursday February 3

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TSCA reform may be dormant, but apparently not completely dead.  Since there appears to be little chance of the Republican-led House to init...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Pesticide Trade Association Offers Their Insight Into Recent NGO Endangered Species Act Lawsuit

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About 10 days ago I reported on a law suit filed by two NGOs in an attempt to force EPA to "consult" with the Fish & Wildlif...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Update on Korea REACH Chemical Control Law

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Two weeks ago I reported that South Korea was expected to release a REACH-like chemical chemical control law.  Now the Korean Ministry of t...
Friday, January 28, 2011

Poll by Cleaning Products Organization Shows People Like Antibacterial Soaps

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Questions have been raised about the use of antibacterial soaps, but a new poll released by the American Cleaning Institute (formerly the S...
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Thursday, January 27, 2011

EPA to Issue Test Rules for Remaining Unsponsored HPV Chemicals

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Recently the USEPA published a final test rule requiring testing on 19 High Production Volume chemicals.  These were chemicals that were no...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011

ECHA Updates List of Registered Substances Under REACH

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The REACH regulation in Europe reached its first milestone this past November 30th with the registration of thousands of high volume (>10...
Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Obama State of the Union Expected to Call for Clean Energy Development

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Tonight in the US President Obama gives his annual State-of-the-Union address (SOTU, for short).  Among many other topics (the SOTU tends to...
Monday, January 24, 2011

Let the Hearings Begin! Congress to Grill Obama Advisers on Regulatory Review Executive Order

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President Obama issued an Executive Order (EO) on January 18th requiring all federal agencies to review existing regulations for the possibi...
Saturday, January 22, 2011

Two NGOs file suit against EPA for failure to consult on Endangered Species Act

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On January 20, 2011, two NGOs filed "the most comprehensive legal action ever taken to protect endangered species from harmful pestic...