Thursday, August 9, 2012

EU to Update Stockholm Convention POPs Chemical Plan

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The European Commission (EC) has announced that it is reevaluating and updating the implementing plan for the Stockholm Convention on Pers...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

ECHA to make more data on chemicals available

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According to an ECHA news release: "Beginning in November, ECHA will make more information from registration dossiers available on...
Monday, August 6, 2012

Senator Lautenberg Calls for Senate Vote on Safe Chemicals Act

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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) is calling for a vote in the full Senate on his Safe Chemicals Act. Originally introduced April 14, 2011, ...
Thursday, August 2, 2012

EPA Issues Analysis of Alternatives for Bisphenol A (BPA) Uses

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The USEPA has issued a draft analysis of alternative chemicals that can be used instead of Bisphenol A (BPA) in thermal paper. According t...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

EPA Identifies Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical

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The USEPA has released a draft report on alternatives to the "toxic flame retardant chemical known as decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBD...
Friday, July 27, 2012

Andrew A. Rosenberg to Lead New Center for Science and Democracy

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The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has announced that  Andrew Rosenberg is joining the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) to serve ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Senate Passes Safe Chemicals Act out of Committee

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The Senate committee charged with reforming the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has voted to send the bill proposed by Senator F...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Senate Moves TSCA Bill to Vote After Contentious Hearing

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[Update: The Safe Chemicals Act has been approved by vote of the Committee on July 25, 2012] As noted yesterday, the Senate held a heari...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012

TODAY - Senate Hearing on Exposures to Toxic Chemicals

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There will be a Senate hearing today, Tuesday, July 24, 2012 to hear witnesses on the topic " Oversight on EPA Authorities to Control...
Monday, July 23, 2012

Poll Shows Most Americans Want to Update Chemical Control Law

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A new poll conducted by Public Opinion Strategies , a leading Republican polling firm, shows that "voters are concerned about the eff...
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Senator Durbin Holds Hearing on Brominated Flame Retardants

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Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) held a hearing on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 regarding the question: AreConsumers Adequately Protected from Flamm...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

New EU Biocide Regulation Enters Into Force

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The new Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) enters into force in the EU today, July 17, 2012. The BPR replaces the Biocidal Products Direct...
Thursday, July 12, 2012

Toxicologists Recommend Changes to OECD Guidelines to Include Nanoparticles

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Expert toxicologists from the OECD Working Party on Manufactured Nanomaterials (WPMN) have issued a report recommending that OECD guidelin...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Lautenberg Leads Bipartisan Group of 26 Senators in Calling for Reform of Toxic Chemicals Law

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Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and 25 other Senators, including three Republicans, wrote a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson yeste...