Friday, July 29, 2011

NOAA Issues Draft Scientific Integrity Policy for Public Comment

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a draft scientific integrity policy for public comment.  It joins a si...
Thursday, July 28, 2011

Environmental and Health Organizations Say "Fully Fund the National Children's Study"

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A group of national and state environmental and health organizations have written a letter to the Senate and House Committees on Appropriat...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

EPA Gives Advance Notice - Wants Input on Whether to Require Toxicity Testing on Bisphenol A

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The USEPA is considering a rulemaking in which they would require additional toxicity testing on bisphenol-A, known commonly as BPA.  Yester...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Inspector General Says Voluntary Children's Chemical Safety Program Failed to Protect Children

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As I noted back in December 2010, EPA's Inspector General's office had launched an inquiry into the Voluntary Children’s Chemical E...
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...