Saturday, February 19, 2011

EPA Administrator Jackson Makes Trip to Africa (Kenya and Ethiopia)

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The following is the text of an EPA press release dated February 18, 2011. ******************************************** On Friday, Febru...
Friday, February 18, 2011

Lautenberg Confirmed as Senate Subcommittee Chair - Reaffirms Commitment to TSCA Chemical Reform

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It's official.  Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey has been confirmed as the continuing Chair of the Environment and Public Works Su...
Thursday, February 17, 2011

First Set of Chemical Substances Ready to be Phased Out (aka banned) by Europe's REACH

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The first six chemical substances to be given the hangman's noose, er, put on the REACH authorization list, have been announced by the E...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011

New Endocrine Disruptor Chemical Bill Introduced in House by Ed Markey

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Actually, its a reintroduction of a bill he introduced in the last Congress.  Last year it was H.R. 5210 and was glued into another bill tha...
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

EPA Holds Conference on the "Next Generation" of Chemical Risk Assessment

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding "a two-day conference to discuss the Next Generation (NexGen) of Risk Asses...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Clorox Takes Another Step in its Path to Transparency

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Nearly two years ago I did a story on this blog about how cleaning product companies were "coming clean," and listing the ingredi...
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...