Friday, March 18, 2011

Korea Joins Effort to Reduce Animal Testing of Chemicals - Find Alternative Methods

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Europe has one ( ECVAM ), the United States has one ( ICCVAM ), and now Korea has one ( KoCVAM ).  Last week the Republic of Korea (i.e., So...
Thursday, March 17, 2011

TSCA Oral History Project - From Inception to Reform (with Video)

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The Chemical Heritage Foundation, a Philadelphia based policy center, has an ongoing program they call the TSCA Oral History Project.  Video...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011

ECHA Committee Adopts First Proposals to Restrict Chemical Substances Under REACH

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A key committee responsible for determining chemicals that should be restricted under REACH has issued its first two opinions.  The Committe...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

House Republicans (but not Paul) Vote Three Times to Deny Science

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House Republicans continued their denial of climate science today by voting three times against amendments offered by the Democrats in the E...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

How to help the earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan

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The Associated Press lists some ways to help victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  Please do all you can. — AMERICAN RED CROSS ...
Thursday, March 10, 2011

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Meets Deadline for Chemical Dossier Completeness Checks

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has reported that it has met its statutory obligation to finish "completeness checks" on chem...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Chemical Industry Calls for Improvements to US Regulatory System

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Representatives from the chemical industry called on Congress to improve the federal regulatory system," including a requirement for c...
Tuesday, March 8, 2011

US House Hearing Today on Climate Science - With (Mostly) Actual Climate Scientists

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Today, March 8, 2011, there will be a hearing of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power entitled "Climate Science and EPA's Greenhous...
Monday, March 7, 2011

Public Comment Period Open for Draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory

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Last week in the February 28 edition of the Federal Register, EPA announced the availability of the draft 1990-2009 Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
Friday, March 4, 2011

Eight Scientific Organizations Offer Expertise to Solve New Chemical Testing Questions

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The testing of chemicals for health and safety has been a big issue for a long time, but recently there has been heightened awareness of the...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

Study Suggests the Pacific Northwest Could Lose All Lodgepole Pine Trees Due to Global Warming

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A new study in the journal Climatic Change by scientists at Oregon State University suggests that the Pacific Northwest, a cherished old-gro...
Wednesday, March 2, 2011

EPA Delays Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Program to "Ensure the Requirements are Practical"

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The deadline for reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is March 31, 2011.  Or not.  Yesterday the EPA announced that it was " extend...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

European Chemicals Agency Publishes Evaluation of REACH Chemical Registrations

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By now readers should know that REACH is the EU's chemical control law, the Registration Evaluation Authorization (and Restriction) of C...
Monday, February 28, 2011

With No Federal Action, Wal-Mart Takes the Lead in Banning Chemicals - Is Retail Regulation the Future?

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Is retail regulation the wave of the future?  At this site I have talked a lot about the attempts to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act...