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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
May 8, 2015
Maria Burke |
Scientists call for ban on fluorinated chemicals More than 200 scientists are urging consumers to avoid products such as raincoats and non-stick frying pans, which contain a class of fluorinated chemicals they say are dangerous to health and the environment. |
Chemistry World
October 1, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
California Bill to Ban PFCs Axed California's governor vetoed a bill on 29 September that would have made his state the first in the US to ban certain perfluorinated compounds. The legislation required perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonates to be removed from food packaging by 2010. |
Chemistry World
January 30, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
PFCs Linked to Infertility Perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs), which are used ubiquitously in common items like food packaging, pesticides, clothing and upholstery, have for the first time been linked with female infertility. |
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
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. |
Scientific American
January 16, 2006
Rebecca Renner |
Clean and Green Stain repellent fluorosurfactant coatings generate chemicals that have become pervasive in the environment. Chemists, however, are now changing the structure of fluorosurfactants so that they do the job but are safer and do not accumulate in the environment. |
Food Processing
May 2006
David Joy |
Regulatory Issues: FDA may cut food-contact program The agency's proposed budget may mean an end to the efficient and speedy Food Contact Notification Program -- and two- to five-year waits for reviews. |
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
September 9, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
California to overhaul chemical regulations California is poised to become the first US state to effectively ban the use of potentially carcinogenic perfluorocarbons (PFCs) from food packaging by 2010. |
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 |
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. |
Financial Advisor
November 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
Chemical Solutions Safer chemical management strategies can help prevent toxic financial fallout. Consumer products companies are also moving away from controversial chemicals such as triclosan, an antibiotic agent used in soaps. |
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
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
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 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
January 2007
Mark Peplow |
Editorial: The End of the Beginning for Reach It's been a long time coming, but the European Reach (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemicals) legislation has finally been settled, and should come into force progressively from June 2007. |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2015
Maria Burke |
Warnings that proposed UK blanket ban on 'legal highs' casts net too wide Some legal experts and scientists are warning that a proposed blanket ban on so-called 'legal highs' won't tackle the problem and may well hold back research into areas such as neuroscience. |
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 22, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
North Americans Unite to Control Chemicals As part of the latest North American Leaders' Summit, the US, Canada and Mexico have agreed to develop a regional partnership to assess and manage the potential risks from industrial chemicals. |
