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June 4, 2009
Representatives Henry Waxman (D., CA) and Bart Stupak (D., MI) sent a letter yesterday to FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg, asking that the FDA reconsider its assessment of bisphenol...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Lawmakers-Ask-FDA-to-Reconsider-BPA-Seek-Documents-Linked-to-Industry-PR-Effort_19345.html June 1, 2009
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC; Tokyo) says it has teamed up with Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics Corp. in a previously announced project to build a polycarbonate (PC) manufacturing...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Mitsubishi-Details-Chinese-Polycarbonate-Plans_19299.html May 22, 2009
A study on bisphenol A (BPA) exposure has shown that people who drink from bottles made of polycarbonate may have up to 69% higher concentration of BPA in their urine, according to a...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Study-Links-Polycarbonate-to-Substantially-Higher-Levels-of-BPA-in-Urine_19131.html May 14, 2009
The Chicago City Council has unanimously approved a ban on the sale of baby bottles and sippy cups that contain bisphenol A (BPA). The ban is slated to take effect January 31, 2010...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/City-of-Chicago-Bans-BPA_18929.html May 11, 2009
Minnesota has passed a ban on bisphenol a (BPA) in baby bottles and sippy cups, and food containers intended for use by children the age of three. Minnesota is the first state in the...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Minnesota-Becomes-First-State-to-Ban-BPA_18877.html April 22, 2009
Bayer MaterialScience LLC (BMS; Pittsburgh), the North American subsidiary of Bayer MaterialScience AG, says specialty chemical company Ashland will no longer be a distributor of...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-Changes-Polycarbonate-Distributors_18408.html March 17, 2009
Sunoco told investors it will not sell bisphenol A (BPA) to customers that intend to use it to make food and beverage containers used by children under three years of age. Sunoco...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sunoco-Voluntarily-Restricts-BPA-Lawmakers-Propose-a-Ban_17644.html March 16, 2009
Researchers at Wolfgang Goethe University (Frankfurt) say they have discovered synthetic estrogen leaching into mineral water from plastic bottles made with polyethylene terephthalate...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/German-Researchers-Link-PET-to-an-Estrogen-Mimicking-Chemical_17615.html March 11, 2009
DSM says it has opened a previously announced new manufacturing facility for producing engineering plastics compounds, at the Ranjangaon MIDC industrial zone about 60 km from Pune, in...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/DSM-Opens-Engineering-Plastics-Compounding-Plant-in-India_17564.html March 6, 2009
Six baby bottle manufacturers said yesterday they will stop using bisphenol A (BPA) in their products, in response to a request last October by Connecticut Attorney General (AG)...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Six-Bottle-Manufacturers-to-Stop-Using-BPA-New-York-County-Okays-Ban_17494.html February 6, 2009
A judge has overturned a decision by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that would have allowed toys containing phthalates to remain on store shelves as long as they were...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Court-Rules-Toys-Containing-Phthalates-Must-Be-Off-Store-Shelves-by-Next-Week_16881.html January 27, 2009
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) says it is holding talks with employee representatives on enforced part-time working, in response to a sharp decline in orders and "unsatisfactory...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-to-Cut-Staff-Hours-as-Orders-Decline_16686.html January 16, 2009
Idemitsu Kosan says it has cut production of polycarbonate (PC) resin by 20% at its 47,000-m.t./year plant at Chiba, Japan. The output reduction began on December 20, 2008, Idemitsu...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Idemitsu-Cuts-Polycarbonate-Production_16498.html November 5, 2008
The company cites "significantly softening resin demand caused by the global economic slowdown."...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Sabic-Slashes-Engineering-Plastics-Production-by-Up-to-20-percent_15185.html September 26, 2008
Ike Hit: Baytown without raw materials supply. Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products made by the company’s polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, and...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-MaterialScience-Declares-Force-Majeure-at-Baytown_14477.html September 19, 2008
Bayer MaterialScience says it has declared force majeure on products produced by its polyurethanes; coatings, adhesives, specialties; polycarbonates; and inorganic chemicals business units due to the effects of Hurricane Ike on its operations at Baytown, TX....http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Bayer-Material-Science-Declares-Force-Majeure-at-Baytown_14296.html September 17, 2008
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) links exposure to bisphenol a (BPA) to increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and liver enzyme...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Industry-Dismisses-Study-Linking-BPA-to-Cardiovascular-Disease-Diabetes_14255.html September 4, 2008
Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine (New Haven, CT) have released a study showing low levels of bisphenol a (BPA) can affect brain activity in monkeys, the first study to...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/Study-Finds-BPA-Can-Alter-Brain-Function-in-Primates_13993.html August 19, 2008
California’s Assembly rejected one bill that would ban bisphenol a (BPA) in products intended for children under the age of three, and another bill that would ban perfluorinated...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/California-Assembly-Rejects-Two-Bills-Banning-Chemicals_13702.html August 18, 2008
The FDA says an “adequate margin of safety” exists for bisphenol a (BPA) at current levels of human exposure from food contact uses, according to a draft assessment...http://www.chemweek.com/markets/engineering_plastics/polycarbonate/FDA-Review-Finds-BPA-Safe-to-Use-in-Food-Contact-Materials_13691.html |
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