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May 10, 2010
An amendment by Senator Diane Feinstein (D., CA) that would ban bisphenol A (BPA) in food and beverage containers has caused industry groups to reconsider support for the food safety...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Groups-Say-BPA-Ban-Would-Cause-Industry-to-Pull-Support-for-Food-Safety-Bill_26620.html May 10, 2010
U.S. regulation of environmental contaminants is too weak, their impact on cancer rates is grossly underestimated, and safer alternatives are urgently needed, according to a report on...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Panel-Blames-Environmental-Cancers-on-Weak-Regulations-Undue-Industry-Influence_26602.html May 10, 2010
EPA is proposing four air toxics rules that would impact industrial facilities nationwide, attorneys say. The rules include a maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard for...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Industry-Assesses-Sweeping-New-Air-Toxics-Rules_26603.html May 6, 2010
U.S. regulation of environmental contaminants is too weak, their impact on cancer rates is grossly underestimated, and safer alternatives are urgently needed, according to a report on...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/U-S-Cancer-Report-Criticizes-Regulatory-Failures-Undue-Industry-Influence-Update_26570.html April 30, 2010
EPA is proposing four air toxics rules that would impact industrial facilities nationwide, attorneys say. The rules include a maximum achievable control technology (MACT) standard for...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/EPA-Proposes-Sweeping-New-Air-Toxics-Rules_26498.html April 27, 2010
A judge at the High Court (London) has ruled that a group of around 2,000 U.K. residents should be awarded a total of up to £20 million ($31 million) for injuries caused by...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/U-K-Consumers-Awarded-$31-Million-for-Exposure-to-Fungicide-in-Furniture_26320.html April 25, 2010
A House Energy and Commerce Committee panel is seeking product and sales information from Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL Performance Products on their top-selling flame retardant...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/U-S-Lawmakers-Seek-Sales-Information-from-Chemtura-Albemarle_26279.html April 25, 2010
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has published a list of 4,415 chemicals that it says should be registered under the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation (Reach)...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/EU-Lists-Thousands-of-Chemicals-to-be-Registered-by-December-1_26280.html April 24, 2010
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ) and Representative Bobby Rush (D., MI) have introduced bills aimed at reforming the U.S. Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA). Both place the burden...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Industry-Alarmed-by-Scope-of-U-S-Toxics-Reform-Legislation_26275.html April 24, 2010
Lawmakers have taken the first steps in more than 30 years to revise the U.S. Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) and the process will put industry and nongovernmental organizations...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/The-TSCA-Challenge_26273.html April 20, 2010
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ) and Representative Bobby Rush (D., MI) have introduced slightly different versions of legislation for reforming the U.S. Toxics Substances Control Act...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/TSCA-Bills-to-Kick-Off-Eight-Weeks-of-Intense-Negotiations_26073.html April 14, 2010
A House Energy and Commerce Committee panel is seeking product and sales information from Albemarle, Chemtura and ICL Performance Products on their top-selling flame retardant...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/U-S-Lawmakers-Seek-Industry-Flame-Retardant-Data_26022.html April 14, 2010
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D., NJ) and Representative Bobby Rush (D., IL) plan to introduce a bill for overhauling the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Thursday, April 15...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/U-S-TSCA-Reform-Bill-Due-Out-Tomorrow_26019.html April 12, 2010
EPA should abandon plans to revise its cleanup goals for dioxin, at least until the agency completes its long anticipated dioxin reassessment, according to ACC’s comments on EPA’s proposal. The agency’s revisions would establish a much more conservative goal for what are deemed acceptable concentrations of dioxin in soil, a key component for gaining regulatory approval for remediation plans. The science the agency uses to establish the stricter goals is not the best available, and EPA did not take into account the costs to communities and other stakeholders, ACC says....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/ACC-EPA-Should-Abandon-its-Changes-to-Dioxin-Cleanup-Goals_25989.html April 12, 2010
Environmental justice advocates are urging members of Congress to immediately introduce the strongest possible bill for reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), saying “communities-of-color, Indigenous peoples, and low-income communities bear a disproportionate burden of toxic chemical exposures and related negative health outcomes.” A Senate bill reforming TSCA has been in the works for months, and sources close to the negotiations say they expect the bill to be introduced this week. A House TSCA reform bill is expected from Representative Bobby Rush (D., IL) after the Senate bill....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/NGOs-Press-Congress-for-a-TSCA-Reform-Bill-Lautenbergs-Measure-Expected-This-Week_25990.html April 12, 2010
Final legislative action on reforming the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) may be delayed until next year, but detailed discussions about how the bill should be structured are...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/Stakeholders-Weigh-in-on-TSCA-Reform_25996.html April 5, 2010
FDA today announced availability of five research documents on the health effects of bisphenol A (BPA), part of its ongoing efforts to clear up questions about the safety of BPA in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/FDA-Posts-BPA-Documents-for-Comment-Includes-Unpublished-Study-Commissioned-by-ACC_25809.html April 2, 2010
EPA administrator Lisa Jackson has repeatedly made it clear that more effective chemicals management is a top priority for her administration, according to EPA officials speaking at...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/EPA-Details-Plans-for-a-Long-List-of-New-TSCA-Requirements_25796.html March 31, 2010
Final legislative action on reforming the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) may be delayed until next year, but detailed discussions about how the bill should be structured are...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/EPA-Industry-and-NGOs-Meet-to-Debate-U-S-TSCA-Reform_25757.html March 30, 2010
EPA announced several actions aimed at addressing the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA), including focusing on the environmental impacts of BPA and adding BPA to EPA's list of chemicals of concerns....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/toxics/EPA-Initiates-BPA-Review_25730.html |
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