Friday, February 25, 2011

Book Review - The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming, by Roger Pielke, Jr.

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Since the Pielke's (father and son) are often in the climate discussion news, I figured this would be a good book review to post here....
Thursday, February 24, 2011

Even Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) are Affected by Climate Change

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I have spoken about the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in the past.  The Convention is an international effort to re...
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

US Chemical Makers to Seek Authorization for Continued European Use of Phthalates Under REACH Regulation

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As noted previously the European Commission has announced that "six substances of very high concern will be banned within the next th...
Tuesday, February 22, 2011

ECHA Says - Time to Start Preparing Chemical Authorization Applications Under REACH

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I mentioned last week that the European Commission had formally published the first six chemical substances onto Annex XIV of REACH, the R...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

House Republicans Vote to Repeal Climate Science Funding

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In a vote held just before 2 am ET, Republicans in the House of Representatives voted Saturday to eliminate the United States' contribut...
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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...