Reckitt Benckiser (Slough, U.K.), which sells a broad range of branded healthcare, personal care, and cleaning products across the world, says it has begun a campaign aimed at... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/16117.html
The FDA says it has no plan to amend its position that bisphenol A (BPA) is safe for use in food and beverage packaging, but that it will continue to study BPA, according to a recent... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/16015.html
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have voted to introduce tough chemical restrictions for toys in the European Union (EU) that go beyond the controls of the Registration... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/16065.html
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS; Washington) says EPA should modify the way conducts its risk assessment of phthalates by looking at combined exposures to different phthalates... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/16055.html
The Sustainable Chemistry European Technology Platform (SusChem) has received €625 million of funding thus far, according to an analysis of its impact on initial Seventh Framework... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/16064.html
Researchers led by Lin Zhuang, professor of chemistry at Wuhan University (Wuhan, China), say they have developed a nickel-based catalyst for creating anodes in fuel cells. The anode... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15971.html
European Union (EU) leaders meeting in Brussels today have signed a deal to cut EU greenhouse gases (GHG) 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. Germany and several eastern European nations... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15841.html
California regulators have approved the state’s plan for reducing greenhouse gases (GHGs) to 1990 levels by 2020, a program some lawmakers say should be used as a model for any... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15914.html
EPA has finalized a rule that will exclude certain wastes from federal regulatory requirements governing the storage, transport and burning of hazardous waste. The changes to the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15916.html
President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Nobel-winning physicist Steven Chu to head the Department of Energy (DOE), and Lisa Jackson, former head of the New Jersey Department of... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15839.html
A survey by Rohm and Haas at the recent packaging event Pack Expo in Chicago has revealed that there is an increasing requirement for adhesives used in laminated packaging to be... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15807.html
BASF today called on European Union (EU) climate negotiators to reject plans to introduce a tough emissions trading scheme (ETS) for the region. BASF says the European... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15811.html
The U.S. regulatory landscape will change dramatically next year as Democrats take control of both the White House and Congress for the first time since 1994. Key policy decisions... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15742.html
EPA has recognized JohnsonDiversey for voluntarily committing to use safer surfactants in its cleaning product formulations. The company says it has stopped producing and selling... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15746.html
ACC is seeking to form a broad coalition of industry and environmental groups to work with Congress on legislation to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), in part because... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15659.html
The number of substances pre-registered by chemical firms for the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Authorisation and Evaluation of Chemicals (Reach) program has this week... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/environment/15628.html
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