Friday, June 17, 2011

ECHA Recommends 13 Chemicals for REACH Authorization (i.e., for the EU "to be banned" chemicals list)

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has recommended thirteen additional chemicals for inclusion on its Annex XIV Authorization list.  These...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

EPA Makes Available Two New Chemical Toxicity Databases

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The USEPA has announced that it is making available two new databases to make it easier for people to find chemical data.  One database is t...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

ECHA Forces Private Company to Close its REACH Chemicals Database

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As part of its REACH chemical regulation program, the European Chemicals Agecny (ECHA) has created a database portal called REACH-IT by whic...
Monday, June 13, 2011

NASA Launches Aquarius/SAC-D Satellite to Collect Global Warming/Salinity Data

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In case you missed it, last Friday NASA, along with the Space Agency of Argentina, launched the international "Aquarius" satellite...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Nanotechnology News You Can Use

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Nanotechnology is a hot topic these days, mainly because people are trying to figure out how, or even whether, to regulate them compared to ...
Thursday, June 9, 2011

EPA Goes Transparent Again - Removes Confidentiality Claims for 150+ Chemicals

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In its continuing efforts to make chemical information more transparent, the USEPA has decided to make public "the identities of more t...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

EPA Gets a "Scientific Integrity Officer"

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The USEPA now has its first scientific integrity officer.  EPA named William Sanders, an EPA veteran who is currently the Director of the Na...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Scientists say Carbon Release to Atmosphere 10 Times Faster than in the Past

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Specifically, in the the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), which was about 55.9 million years ago, and according an the international...
Monday, June 6, 2011

NGO Calls on Chemical Industry to Initiate Biomonitoring of Chemicals in People

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The Environmental Working Group (EWG), long known for its reports on chemicals found in people, cosmetics, and sunscreens, has written a let...
Thursday, June 2, 2011

Inspector General Faults USEPA for Inaction on Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals, Recommends Fixes

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The Office of Inspector General (IG) at the USEPA has issued a report on EPA's Endocrine Disruptor Screening Progam (EDSP), and the resu...
Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Head of Royal Society Says Freedom of Information Laws are Being Used to Harass Scientists

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Sir Paul Nurse , president of the prestigious Royal Society in London, says that freedom of information (FOI) laws are being misused in orga...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Seven New "Substances of Very High Concern" Named by ECHA's Member State Committee

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The Member State Committee (MSC) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland, has named an additional seven substances as S...
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 ...