From Environmental Working Group: The topic of human exposures to chemical contaminants and the need to overhaul the federal government’s approach to toxics regulation was again on the mind of the nation’s top environmental official in remarks she made last weekend in Philadelphia. EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson has now delivered three speeches in less […]
From Environmental Health News: Although the amount of lead in vinegar is small, experts say regularly consuming it may pose a risk, particularly to children. Eating one tablespoon a day of some balsamic or red wine vinegars can raise a young child’s lead level by more than 30 percent. Aged vinegars … contain more lead […]
From the Los Angeles Times: Three major retailers have agreed to pay nearly half a million dollars to settle a lawsuit stemming from the companies’ sale of toys containing excessive amounts of lead, the California attorney general’s office said Thursday. Under the agreement, Target Corp., Toys R Us Inc. and Kmart would pay a total […]
From ICIS.com – Green Chemicals: European manufacturers of tall oil fatty acids (TOFA) – a chemical produced from the byproduct of the pulp and paper manufacture, are hoping to have the product exempted from Europe’s chemical regulation REACH (registration, evaluation, authorization and restriction of chemical substances). Their arguments include: * That TOFA is naturally-sourced * […]
From The Toronto Star – Ottawa powerless to recall toxic trinkets: audit Tests are turning up dangerous levels of lead in children’s jewelry, but the federal government can’t compel companies to recall the toxic trinkets, says a new report by Canada’s environmental watchdog. “Marketplace tests show that there continues to be children’s jewelry on the […]
From Environmental Leader – EPA Orders Pesticides Tested for Hormone Effects: The EPA has released the test guidelines and schedule for issuing test orders to manufacturers for 67 chemicals during the next four months. The first seven pesticides that will be screened under the agency’s Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP) are 2,4-D; atrazine, benfluralin, chlorthal-dimethyl […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced in the October 30 Federal Register the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Final Rule. SUMMARY: EPA is promulgating a regulation to require reporting of greenhouse gas emissions from all sectors of the economy. The final rule applies to fossil fuel suppliers and industrial gas suppliers, direct greenhouse gas […]
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: The U.S. EPA is moving forward to implement the agency’s May 2009 final rule revoking tolerances, or residue limits, for the pesticide carbofuran. EPA continues to find that dietary exposures to carbofuran from all sources combined are not safe. “The evidence is clear that carbofuran does not meet today’s […]
The California EPA’s OEHHA is requesting information as to whether the chemicals 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethylene (DDE) and nitrobenzene meet the criteria for listing as reproductive toxicants under Proposition 65. OEHHA is requesting public comment concerning whether these chemicals meet the criteria set forth in the Proposition 65 regulations for authoritative bodies listings. After reviewing all comments received, […]
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has stated in the October 29 Federal Register the release of a document titled “Statement of Policy: Testing and Certification of Lead Content in Children’s Products”. This document provides guidance on complying with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). The Federal Register article can be found here: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26080.htm The […]