Friday, April 1, 2011

UK Intends to Stop Animal Testing on Household Products - Animal Rights Groups Rejoice

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Recently the UK government signaled that it would end animal testing for household products.  And at least one animal welfare group has expr...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Maine Takes a Look at its Chemical Control Law - Is the Kid-Safe Products Act a Goner?

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In 2008 lawmakers in the state of Maine passed a law that "enables Maine environmental regulators to recommend bans on potentially haz...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Chris Mooney -Are Scientists Ignorant About Ignorance...When It Comes to Understanding How Climate Denial Works?

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Many have probably heard of Chris Mooney, the columnist, blogger and author of several books including "The Republican War on Science...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Newspapers and Two former EPA Administrators Speak Out Against GOP Attacks on EPA Authority

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As most of us are aware, there is an effort underway by the Republican-led House of Representatives to restrict the ability of the USEPA to ...
Monday, March 28, 2011

EPA Declassifies Previously Confidential Health and Safety Study Information

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Following through on its efforts to increase transparency, the USEPA last week declassified the chemical identities of a total of 42 health ...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Jim Willis - EPA Chemical Control Division Director - Leaving for UNEP

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The director of the EPA's chemical control division, Jim Willis, has tendered his resignation from the EPA Office of Pollution Preventio...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

ECHA plans 6th Stakeholder Day in Helsinki to Update on REACH chemical progress

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will be holding their Sixth Stakeholders’ Day on May 18, 2011 in Helsinki.  As with the previous five ...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Waiting for TSCA Chemical Reform? Keep Waiting

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Readers of this site will know that I have talked a lot about the efforts to modernize the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).  Bills were ...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Gains in Reducing Persistent Chemicals May be Lost to Climate Change

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The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (thankfully called simply POPs) has been working to reduce the emissions of these ...
Monday, March 21, 2011

Google.Org to Facilitate Scientists' Communication of Climate Change

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The philanthropic arm of Google, aka Google.Org, has organized a team of 21 climate scientists to help communicate the realities of climate ...
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...