http://www.chemweek.com Chemical Week en-us 2008 Fri, 8 Aug 2008 17:26:08 EDT The European Union (EU) and the United Nations have disclosed that by year-end they plan to connect their respective systems for registering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions credits. The... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13514.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Commission this week has proposed to revise its legislation for protecting the ozone layer. The proposed changes to the legislation are designed to improve the implementation of the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13458.html Tue, 5 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.S. lawmakers have agreed to ban six phthalates in products intended for children under the age of 12. The measure is part of legislation to strengthen the federal Consumer Product Safety... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13400.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Huntsman reported net income for the second quarter of $23.7 million (10 cts/share), compared with a net loss of $70.9 million for the year-ago quarter, on sales up 17%, to $2.9 billion... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13405.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT EPA says it will no longer allow food sold in the U.S. to contain insecticide carbofuran residue, despite objections from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and producer FMC. EPA says it has... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13433.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT BASF says it has filed a lawsuit against the European Commission for “unjustifiably delaying” BASF’s application to cultivate its genetically modified (GM) potato in the... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13434.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The European Court of Justice rejected an appeal by pesticides manufacturer Makhteshim-Agan (Airport City, Israel) to overturn a 2006 European Union (EU) ban on the use of the pesticide... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13435.html Mon, 4 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT U.S. lawmakers have agreed to ban phthalates in products intended for children under the age of 12. The measure is part of legislation to strengthen the federal Consumer Product Safety... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13309.html Tue, 29 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT AHouse panel is questioning whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved and knowingly allowed drugs suspected of being manufactured in gross violation of cGMP rules to be sold in... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13270.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. FDA says it plans to post staff in China, India, Europe, and Latin America by 2010, as... http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/regulatory/13273.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 0:00:00 EDT