Thursday, May 16, 2013

Senate Committee Approves Gina McCarthy Nomination for EPA Administrator

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The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved Gina McCarthy's nomination to be the next EPA Administrator. After Republican...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

GAO Issues Report on EPA's Effort to Enhance TSCA Chemical Regulation

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At the request of some members of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has conducted another study on how EPA "has in...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Will current efforts to reform the TSCA chemical control law actually roll back progress?

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Just last week Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) reintroduced his Safe Chemicals Act and there was hope for some sort of TSCA reform. Senat...
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Lautenberg to push TSCA reform bill

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The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that Senator Frank Lautenberg will try once again try to reform the nearly four decade old Toxic Su...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Senator Lautenberg will not seek reelection

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As I've previously indicated would be likely, Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey has decided not to seek reelection in 2014. Lauten...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Lautenberg Steps Down as Chair of Toxic Chemicals Subcommittee

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Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, long a champion of efforts to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), will no longer chair...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

EU Commission Publishes REACH Review

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The EU Commission has fulfilled its obligation to review the REACH program. It published its REACH review on February 5, 2013. The 15-page d...
Thursday, January 24, 2013

26 States to Consider Toxic Chemicals Legislation in 2013

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As TSCA reform enters another year without any resolution, at least 26 states are considering action to enhance protection of public healt...
Friday, January 4, 2013

EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessments Under Existing Chemicals Work Plan

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From the USEPA Press Release: "EPA today released for public comment draft risk assessments, for particular uses, on five chemical...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

EDF Questions Independence of TERA Kids Chemical Safety Site

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Recently, the Toxicology Excellence in Risk Assessment (TERA) non-profit group teamed up with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and oth...
Friday, December 28, 2012

Lisa Jackson Resigns as EPA Administrator

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As comes as no surprise to anyone, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced that she will resign her post. While not giving an exact dat...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

EPA and NSF Offer Grants for Green Chemistry, Life Cycle Research

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The USEPA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced on December 20, 2012 that they would offer grants for up to ten different rese...
Tuesday, December 18, 2012

ECHA Lists 54 Substances of Very High Concern

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) plans to add another set of substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the candidate list under the...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012

ECHA Cancels REACH Registrations Because Companies Misrepresented Themselves

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki, Finland has revoked "a number of" REACH registrations because the registrants ...