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Chemistry World February 25, 2009 Victoria Gill	Nano-regulation creeps closer Canada has introduced a mandatory safety reporting scheme for companies producing nanomaterials, becoming the first country in the world to do so.
Chemistry World June 30, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA's oversight of nanomaterials questioned The US Government Accountability Office is warning that nanomaterials may be entering the market without adequate risk assessment by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Chemistry World October 1, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US to Overhaul Industrial Chemicals Inventory A plan by the US Environmental Protection Agency to overhaul its inventory of industrial chemicals could lead to a lot more paperwork for chemical firms, industry officials have warned.
Chemistry World January 26, 2010 Rebecca Renner	EPA targets chemical confidentiality loopholes The US Environmental Protection Agency is taking a tougher stance on confidentiality claims that allow firms to prevent the names of chemicals identified as potential health risks being made available to the public.
Chemistry World October 2, 2009 Rebecca Trager	EPA issues nanotechnology research strategy Under EPA's new plan, the agency is focusing its research on seven manufactured nanomaterial types, which may require safety decisions.
Chemistry World April 9, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA seeks heightened scrutiny for 16 chemicals The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to tighten its oversight of certain chemical substances by adding 16 chemicals to its Toxics Release Inventory list.
Chemistry World June 23, 2009 Rebecca Trager	EPA halts its chemical review effort The US Environmental Protection Agency is reevaluating its existing chemicals assessment framework and has suspended its Chemical Assessment and Management Program.
Chemistry World March 2008 Mark Peplow	Editorial: Sweating the Small Stuff In the field of nanotechnology, the devil is in the detail.
Chemistry World December 9, 2009 Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay	Calls for US chemicals reform A US senator has argued it is time 'to sound the alarm' over the state of the country's regulatory system for determining the toxicity of chemicals, and announced plans to reform the US Toxic Substances Control Act.
Chemistry World July 2007 Ned Stafford	Seeing the Environmental Wood for the Nanotech Trees German environmentalists issued a report on the potential health and environmental risks of nanotechnology in the hope of rallying international support for more regulatory oversight.
Chemistry World January 29, 2009 Rebecca Trager	EPA's chemical evaluation process 'high-risk' The US government's 32-year-old law regulating chemical safety needs a complete overhaul, according to Congress' investigative arm
Chemistry World September 7, 2012 Rebecca Trager	EPA urged to rethink chemical risk evaluation process The US Environmental Protection Agency's process for assessing the risk of human exposure to various chemicals is deeply flawed and actually threatens public health, according to two experts with inside experience.
Chemistry World May 30, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Industry applauds US chemical reform bill The US chemical industry is backing bipartisan legislation that would reform the law that controls chemical sales in the US for the first time since its enactment in 1976. But environmental groups do not share the enthusiasm.
Chemistry World April 1, 2010 Hepeng Jia	China Updates Chemical Legislation After a seven-year delay, China has introduced an updated version of its chemical registration and evaluation rules, bringing the country in line with chemical regulation efforts in other parts of the world.
Chemistry World June 26, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Chemical reform bill advances in US Congress The US House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan bill to revamp the nearly 40-year-old law that governs America's chemicals policy, known as the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Chemistry World February 9, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US on track to phase out most perfluorinated chemicals this year The US Environmental Protection Agency says that the major chemical companies it has partnered with are on track to phase out production of perfluorinated chemicals in America by the end of 2015.
Chemistry World July 24, 2014 Andrew Williams	Europe mulls best way to handle nanotech Nanomaterials can end up in all sorts of items. Now there is a drive in Europe to get manufacturers to declare them.
Chemistry World September 30, 2014 Rebecca Trager	Backlash as EPA considers fracking chemicals disclosure rules The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates is warning that new U.S. EPA rules could jeopardize the trade secrets of its members, which include small businesses that manufacture chemicals used in oil and gas exploration.
Chemistry World June 13, 2011 Rebecca Trager	EPA discloses confidential chemical information The US Environmental Protection Agency has made public company data on over 150 chemicals used in more than 100 health and safety studies.
Chemistry World December 23, 2015 Rebecca Trager	US chemical safety law poised for reform in early 2016 The Senate broke its deadlock and at last passed legislation to revamp the US Toxic Substances Control Act on the evening of 17 December, right before Congress adjourned for 2015.
IndustryWeek August 18, 2010	Chemical Reactions The Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010, which would strengthen the federal government's authority over chemical substances, is cause for concern.
Chemistry World March 24, 2015 Rebecca Trager	Reform of US chemical safety rules back on The venerable law that governs the US's chemicals policy appears poised to receive a revamp.
Chemistry World February 5, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Bush Budget Proposal Backs Physical Sciences US President George Bush wants to get the budget for physical sciences research back on track, but biomedical research could suffer in his budget proposals for 2009.
Chemistry World November 15, 2012 Rebecca Trager	Obama re-election worries chemical industry Groups such as the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates and the National Association of Chemical Distributors are worried that the president's second term will feature more forceful environmental regulation.
Chemistry World April 29, 2008 Rebecca Trager	International Nanosafety Drive Launched The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development has brought countries together to pool their resources and test the human health and environmental safety of several nanomaterials that are already in use.
Chemistry World April 27, 2015 Mark Peplow	An unfortunate oversight Transparent and effective third-party oversight is one of the surest ways of securing trust in an industry. Yet in the US, where chemicals are regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA, pronounced 'Tosca'), that oversight is sadly lacking.
Chemistry World July 26, 2012 Andrew Turley	New US chemical rules edge nearer A political committee in the US has voted in favor of plans to change the way chemicals are regulated by shifting the burden of proving safety to manufacturers.
Chemistry World April 16, 2010 Rebecca Trager	Congress proposes toxic chemical regulation reforms The US Congress launched a much anticipated effort to update the nation's 34-year-old law governing new and already existing toxic chemicals yesterday.
Chemistry World March 31, 2010 Rebecca Trager	EPA turns spotlight on BPA The US Environmental Protection Agency has announced plans to look more closely at the environmental impacts of bisphenol A, a common ingredient in plastic baby bottles and food storage containers.
Chemistry World May 28, 2008 Rebecca Trager	Changes to US chemical review procedures flawed Recent changes to the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) main tool for assessing the health effects of chemicals could significantly lengthen the time needed to review them, a congressional watchdog has warned.
Chemistry World September 25, 2014 Rebecca Trager	US chemical regulation reform deadlocked once more Republican Senator David Vitter's efforts to reform the US's chemical legislation have run into trouble.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2008	Human Life: Do We Have a Bidder? Five years ago, an individual life was worth almost $1 million more than it is today. The EPA uses this data to determine what regulations are the most cost-effective, and if the price of a life does not exceed the cost of enforcing a particular regulation that will save it, the regs are out.
Chemistry World September 11, 2007 Rebecca Trager	EPA Counters Industry Funding Criticism The US Environmental Protection Agency is defending its growing practice of jointly funding research with industry, after lobby groups voiced concerns that the agency's science is being compromised.
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Chemistry World January 11, 2010 Helen Carmichael	EPA: Bankrupt chemical firms must pay for site clean up The US Environmental Protection Agency has tabled new proposals to prevent taxpayers footing the environmental clean up bills for cash-strapped chemical companies.
Chemistry World March 13, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Obama tightens reporting rules for chemical releases President Obama has reinstated stronger requirements governing the reporting of toxic chemical releases by American facilities to the US Environmental Protection Agency
IndustryWeek March 16, 2011	EHS Regulatory Pressures Rise For global manufacturers, avoiding environmental, health and safety regulations is not quite as simple as picking up and moving operations to a new location. Every single product is regulated in at least one country.
Chemistry World December 19, 2011 Rebecca Trager	US agencies collaborate to test 10,000 chemicals A high-speed robotic screening system jointly initiated by three key US health agencies began testing more than 10,000 chemical compounds for potential toxicity on 7 December.
Chemistry World January 2010 Palmer & Felwick	Safety in numbers Regulators struggle with nanotechnology. It's time for more self-regulation, say the authors
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2007 Courtney E. Howard	European Union launches Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals regulation The EU's recently enacted REACH law makes industry manufacturers, importers, and systems developers responsible for the identification, management, and substitution of chemical substances.
Chemistry World August 5, 2011 Rebecca Trager	EPA in political tug of war over environment Democrats call the current House of Representatives the most 'anti-environment' in history.
Chemistry World March 6, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Bush-era environmental regulations challenged After less than a month in charge, the Obama administration is distinguishing itself from the policies of Bush in many areas affecting public health and the environment.
Information Today June 20, 2011	EPA Releases Two New Databases With Chemical Toxicity and Exposure Data The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced the release of two databases that make it easier to find data about chemicals.
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Chemistry World September 22, 2006	Monitoring Environmental Risks of Nanotech The UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a scheme to assess the potential risks of nanotechnology.
Chemistry World May 18, 2010 Sarah Houlton	EPA and pharma join forces The US Environmental Protection Agency is working with pharmaceutical companies to improve its ToxCast toxicity prediction tool.
Chemistry World April 8, 2008 Rebecca Trager	US Lawmakers Subpoena EPA Over Global Warming A key US congressional committee has slapped the Environmental Protection Agency with a subpoena for documents pertaining to global warming.