Friday, July 22, 2011

Updated QSAR Tools Made Available to Assess Chemicals

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Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) are computer based tools that allow the estimation of chemical properties and toxicity ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Senators Lautenberg and Inhofe Staffs Hold Stakeholder Meetings on Safe Chemicals Act of 2011

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Way back in April Senator Frank Lautenberg introduced his newest iteration of TSCA reform called the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 .  Last year...
Tuesday, July 19, 2011

China Lists Hazardous Chemicals

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China has now posted its first list of "hazardous chemicals for priority management" as party of their efforts to update their che...
Friday, July 15, 2011

GAO Tells Congressional Panel It Will Review Changes to IRIS Chemical Assessment Process

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At a House Science Committee hearing this week, GAO environmental department director David Trimble testified that the GAO was currently und...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

US Senators Propose Banning Chemicals of High Concern Due to Endocrine Disruption

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Senators John Kerry and Jim Moran, both Democrats, have introduced legislation that would effectively ban certain uses of chemicals found to...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

EU Commission to Ban Biocide Uses for Eight Chemicals

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Last week the European Commission issued a decision "concerning the non-inclusion of certain substances in Annex I, IA or IB to Directi...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

EU Science Committees Call for Comments on How REACH Can Handle "Chemical Mixtures"

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Three scientific committees of the European Commission have issued a "preliminary opinion" on how REACH and other chemical regulat...
Monday, July 11, 2011

OMB Review of Inventory Update Rule Complete - Expects to Publish Soon

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After a long and anxious wait, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has finally completed its review of EPA's inventory update repo...
Friday, July 8, 2011

India Meets Criteria to Join OECD "Mutual Acceptance of Data" Program

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India has now met all of the requirements to be accepted into the OECD Mutual Acceptance of Data (MAD) program.  It did so by demonstrating ...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

ECHA Reports that REACH and CLP Chemical Regulations are "Working Well"

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) recently published two reports, both required by law, in which they conclude that despite many industry...
Monday, June 27, 2011

UPDATE - Only 3 of the 4 chemicals added to Rotterdam Convention PIC list

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Last week I reported that the parties to the Rotterdam Convention were in discussion to add four chemical substances to the Prior Informed C...
Friday, June 24, 2011

European Commission Will Not Seek New Legislation for Nanomaterials

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At a meeting of the European Commission this week commissioners confirmed that the EU plans to deal with  nanoscale materials primarily thro...
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

EPA to Initiate Chemical Safety for Sustainability Plan

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The USEPA is set to launch a Chemical Safety for Sustainability initiative.  The plan is to use innovative approaches to assess chemical haz...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

GAO Calls for Improved National Priorities for Climate Change

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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report calling on the federal government to improve and clarify national priorities ...