Emissions from the plants of European brominated flame retardant producers and users dropped “significantly” in 2009, as a direct result of a voluntary industry program, according to manufacturers group, the European Brominated Flame Retardant...
Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) signed a memorandum of understanding with ACC today to establish a Responsible Care program for Mideast chemical makers. GPCA hopes to develop and install Responsible Care systems over the next year with...
Cefic will spend €800,000 ($1.2 million) on a three-year research project to develop an appropriate testing strategy for assessing the reproductive toxicity of nanomaterials. Data from the project will be fed into European Commission’s guidance on...
The International Council of Chemical Associations’ (ICCA) has agreed to undertake a set of eight major projects in 2010 aimed at increasing the understanding of science relating to chemistry in human health and the environment as part of its Long...
Participants of the Long-range Research Initiative (LRI) - a program introduced by the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) to further the scientific understanding of chemicals safety - met at LRI’s annual workshop in Brussels...
Chemical companies are featured in six out of the eight groups shortlisted to win the Angry Mermaid Award, which recognizes corporations for doing the most to sabotage effective action on climate change. The award is being introduced by environmental...
China’s Pearl River, the country’s third longest river, is being heavily polluted by discharges from a string of chemical factories and other industrial installations, according to the findings of a survey by Greenpeace. Inadequate waste water...
CW teamed up with CSC (Falls Church, VA), a consulting and information technology firm, to survey executives from 15 of the world’s leading chemical firms, to understand how they are coping with the growing challenges of Reach, greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Huntsman has introduced a website where its customers can gain information about the requirements of the European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach) program. Huntsman has allocated each of its customers...
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