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April 28, 2008
A review of SEC filings shows that companies are doing a poor job of telling shareholders about market risks posed by certain products or ingredients, according to the Investor...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Investor-Group-Calls-for-More-Financial-Disclosure-of-Market-Risks_11634.html April 28, 2008
Legal arguments in an appeal seeking to overturn a public nuisance verdict against three former makers of lead-based paint will be broadcast on the Web, the Associated Press reported...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Arguments-in-Lead-Paint-Case-to-be-Aired-on-the-Web_11635.html April 28, 2008
Energy issues were among the key topics raised by executives at the European chlor-alkali industry group Euro Chlor’s Seventh International Chlorine Technology Conference and...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Energy-Issues-Raise-Concerns_11636.html April 16, 2008
The National Toxicology Program’s (NTP; Research Triangle Park, NC) new report on bisphenol a (BPA) takes a harder line on possible health problems stemming from exposure to low...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/U-S-Officials-Modify-Assessment-of-BPAs-Low-Dose-Effects_11400.html April 11, 2008
Environmental group Oceana (Washington) has released a report that identifies five chlorine production facilities as the largest single mercury polluters in their respective states...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Report-Details-Cost-of-Converting-Chlor-Alkali-Plants-to-Mercury-Free-Processes_7050.html April 7, 2008
The European Court of Justice (ECJ; Brussels) has ruled that a 2005 European Union (EU) decision to exempt flame retardant deca-brominated diphenyl ether (deca-BDE) from a hazardous...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/European-High-Court-Bans-Deca-BDE-Starting-in-July_11261.html April 7, 2008
States and environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against EPA to force the agency to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that ordered EPA to examine whether regulations to reduce...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/EPA-Sued-Over-Noncompliance-with-GHG-Emissions-Ruling_11262.html April 7, 2008
The European Crop Protection Association (ECPA; Brussels) says it has joined with European and Ukranian officials to combat counterfeit pesticides in the Ukraine, in which there has...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/ECPA-Fights-Influx-of-Fake-Pesticides-into-Ukraine_11263.html April 1, 2008
EPA’s dismissal of scientist Deborah Rice from an external peer review panel has sparked a Congressional investigation into the agency’s scientific review process and how...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Lawmakers-Probe-Alleged-Industry-Ties-to-Advisory-Panels_11152.html April 1, 2008
EPA’s decision to close some of its library services to meet budgetary goals was made without properly ensuring continued library services to staff and the public, according to a...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Congressional-Investigators-Fault-EPAs-Methods-for-Library-Closures_11153.html April 1, 2008
About 46 of more than 100 personal care products marketed as “natural” or “organic” were tested this year and found to contain 1,4-dioxane, a petroleum-derived...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Chemical-Found-in-Raft-of-Organic-Products_11154.html April 1, 2008
Washington state lawmakers have passed a bill that would ban cadmium, phthalates, and lead in toys sold in the state beginning in 2009. Governor Chris Gregoire (D.) is expected to sign...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Washington-Bans-Phthalates-in-Toys_11155.html April 1, 2008
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) has released a video detailing the cause of the March 2005 BP Texas City, TX blast that killed 15 and injured...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Safety-Board-Video-Probes-BP-Blast_11156.html April 1, 2008
Renewable energy technology company Coskata (Warrenville, IL) says it has developed a process to make ethanol from practically any renewable source, including household garbage, plant...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Coskata-Makes-Ethanol-from-Garbage-and-Used-Tires_11157.html April 1, 2008
Researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have genetically engineered e. coli to produce high-octane biofuels, including isobutanol and other branched-chain...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Simple-Bugs-Churn-Out-Next-Gen-Biofuels_11158.html March 25, 2008
The Association of American Railroads (AAR; Washington) told a House panel last week that the chemical industry should be required to use inherently safer technologies (ISTs) wherever...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Railroads-Push-for-Industry-to-Adopt-Safer-Technologies_10788.html March 25, 2008
Traces of a wide array of pharmaceuticals have been found in drinking water supplied to an estimated 41 million U.S. residents, according to an investigation by the Associated Press...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Investigation-Turns-Up-Array-of-Drugs-in-U-S-Water_10927.html March 25, 2008
Nations struggling to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will find that improving energy efficiency in the industrial, transportation, and residential sectors are the most...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Report-Energy-Efficiency-is-the-Most-Cost-Effective-Climate-Policy_10536.html March 18, 2008
U.S. rail shippers met with lawmakers last week to support legislation that would overhaul the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB), which is charged with overseeing railroad...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/Shippers-Meet-in-Washington-to-Promote-Changes-to-Rail-Laws_10925.html March 18, 2008
The U.S. Senate has passed a consumer product safety bill that would increase funding for the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC; Washington). The legislation would...http://www.chemweek.com/sections/regulatory/U-S-Senate-Passes-Consumer-Product-Safety-Bill_10926.html |
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