In regards to the current overhaul of the Toxic Substances Control Act a number of state environmental commissioners and directors have signed and released the States’ Principles on Reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act. The December 2, 2009 document details what they believe should become of the reformed TSCA, which may include: -Require Chemical […]
From the Sacramento Press: Near 100 people rallied in front of the Capitol on Monday, opposing a new pesticide containing methyl iodide that could potentially be used at strawberry farms statewide. The group – made of up farm laborers from around the state, local activists and consumers – marched from Caesar Chavez Park to the […]
From The Free Press: Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) released a set of principles last week to try to ensure that the debate in the U.S. Congress over reforming the nation’s chemical policy stays focused on protecting public health and the environment. The principles were developed through a collaboration of 13 states – California, […]
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) within the California Environmental Protection Agency is adding molinate (CAS No. 2212-67-1) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity for purposes of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). The listing of molinate is effective December […]
From The Montreal Gazette: The Senate on Wednesday narrowly voted down sweeping Liberal amendments to weaken the government’s product-safety law — paving the way for a new consumer-protection law to be in place in Canada before Christmas. Joseph Day, the Liberal critic for the consumer-protection bill in the Senate, put forward the provisions to fix […]
From OEHHA: Pregnant women who are African-American or nonsmokers are more likely to have miscarriages if they live near heavy traffic, according to a new state study. Researchers examining health-care data on nearly 5,000 pregnant women in California found that African-Americans were about three times more likely to miscarry if they lived within a half-block […]
From Environmental Protection: Laboratory tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Rachel’s Network have detected bisphenol A (BPA) for the first time in the umbilical cord blood of U.S. Newborns. The tests identified the plastics chemical in 9 of 10 cord blood samples from babies of African American, Asian and Hispanic descent. The findings […]
From the Toronto Star – Senators weakening safety bill, Tories say: The Conservative government has been trying to rework the consumer product safety regulatory framework for the past two years, but key Liberal members of the Senate social affairs committee voted Wednesday to amend Bill C-6, also known as the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. […]
From Health Canada: The final version of this Health Canada guidance document Human-Use Antiseptic Drugs is now available. Comments and suggestions received from the consultation on the draft version of the guidance were reviewed and considered in the finalization of this document, and are available upon request. This guidance applies to antiseptic skin products for […]
From CNW Group: The Senate is being urged to pass the Consumer Product Safety Act before the upcoming holiday gift-giving season and in the interest of the safety and welfare of all Canadians. The proposed Bill C-6: Consumer Product Safety Act, which is still being debated by the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and […]