Friday, May 27, 2011

ECHA Issues New Substance Evaluation Criteria for REACH Chemical Assessments

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has issued "selection criteria" for substance evaluation under the REACH program.  These crit...
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Actress Jessica Alba joins Senator Lautenberg to Support TSCA Reform

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Who knew Senator Frank Lautenberg could attract Hollywood actresses to support chemical law reform.  But this week that is exactly what the ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

European and Australian Chemical Agencies Agree to Cooperate on Chemical Safety

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the Australian Government's National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (N...
Thursday, May 19, 2011

NGOs to Deliver Petition to White House Today to Call for Leadership on Chemicals

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A coalition of NGOs and advocates for health and environmental safety are delivering a petition today to the White House calling for Preside...
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

EPA Launches Online ECHO Database to Help Public Find Clean Drinking Water

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The USEPA has launched a new searchable online database to help the public determine if their community meets federal clean drinking water s...
Monday, May 16, 2011

ECHA Says Vast Majority of Intermediate Registrations Under REACH Do NOT Meet Requirements

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In a rather stunning announcement, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has issued a news release saying that the vast majority - 86% of the...
Friday, May 13, 2011

House Chairman Upton May Use Debt Ceiling Debate to Defund EPA's Climate Change Activity

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The online newspaper Politico is reporting that Republican Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, is considering ...
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

EPA Suspends the Submission Period for the Long-Awaited Inventory Update Rule (IUR)

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Following many months of uncertainty, and with the deadline for industry submission approaching, the USEPA has issued a Federal Register Not...
Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Environmental Groups Sue ECHA for Refusing to Release Names of Chemical Manufacturers

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Two European environmental groups have sued the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for refusing to release the names of chemical manufacturers...
Monday, May 9, 2011

Senate Introduces Bill to Merge and/or Abolish EPA and Department of Energy

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Republican Senator Richard Burr (North Carolina) introduced a bill last week that would "consolidate the Department of Energy and the ...
Friday, May 6, 2011

The Economist Demands Funding for Innovation to be Restored

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The Economist, America's foremost "authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science an...
Thursday, May 5, 2011

Endosulfan to be Banned Under the Stockholm Convention

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The widely used insecticide endosulfan is now on a path to be phased out and eventually banned under the Stockholm Convention, which is an i...
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

NGO Adds 22 More "Endocrine Disrupter" Chemicals to its SIN List

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An international chemical secretariat, Chemsec, has released an update to its "Substitute it Now!" list, aka, SIN List.  The first...
Monday, May 2, 2011

ECHA Explains How Companies Can Apply for Chemical Substance Authorization Under REACH

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) held a seminar on April 12, 2011 to guide companies in how to apply for REACH authorization of chemical...