As previously posted Bill C-6, also known as the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) was introduced by the Government of Canada on January 29, 2009. The proposed Act, if passed will replace Part I of the Hazardous Products Act. Its purpose is to modernize and strengthen the product safety laws to protect the health […]
From the US Environmental Protection Agency: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued the first test orders for pesticide chemicals to be screened for their potential effects on the endocrine system. Endocrine disruptors are chemicals that interact with and disrupt the hormones produced or secreted by human and animal endocrine systems, which regulate growth, metabolism […]
From the London Daily Telegraph – Why boys are turning into girls: …[The State of Denmark] government yesterday unveiled official research showing that two-year-old children are at risk from a bewildering array of gender-bending chemicals in such everyday items as waterproof clothes, rubber boots, bed linen, food, nappies, sunscreen lotion and moisturising cream. The 326-page […]
From China Daily: An investigation that spans the globe into the cause of widespread illness in the United States allegedly from contaminated drywall imported from China continues, but initial clues to answers will be revealed later this week. Safety officials from both China and the US are working together in the probe and the visiting […]
From Essential U: If you manufacture, sell or distribute household cleaning products the new Household Product Labeling Act of 2009 will change the way labels must read…Current law requires that product labels list immediately hazardous ingredients, but there is no labeling requirement for ingredients that may cause harm over time. Many chemicals contained in household […]
From CSRwire: Congress is writing a new proposal to reform TSCA, updating last year’s Kid-Safe Chemicals Act. Scheduled for a Fall 2009 introduction, the policy will address these and many other deficiencies by establishing tough new safety standards for each chemical on the market and requiring manufacturers to prove that their chemicals meet these standards […]
From AHN: Health Canada Assistant Deputy Minister Of Consumer Safety Paul Glover pushed for the immediate approval of the consumer product safety bill…Under the proposal, Health Canada would have the power to require manufacturers and importers to recall products that are deemed unsafe for consumer safety…Other powers included in Bill C-6 or the Canada Consumer […]
From the Reno Gazette-Journal: A toxic solvent still widely used by dry cleaners across Washoe County could be banned within 14 years under plans proposed by health officials. On Thursday, the county’s Board of Health will consider rules that would prohibit use of perchloroethylene, also known as PCE or PERC, by area cleaners by 2023. […]
From New America Media: When supermarket janitors in Local 1877 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) rallied last month at Safeway and Lucky stores in San Jose, Calif., they weren’t only demanding improved wages and health benefits. They were calling for the adoption of green cleaning standards to make their jobs safer. Earlier this […]
From The Michigan Messenger: Amid growing concerns about the health effects of chemical exposure, the Obama administration has laid out a plan to strengthen federal regulation of the chemical industry. In a Sept. 29 speech at the California Commonwealth Club, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Director Lisa Jackson called the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act an […]