From Gather.com: Options abound. Should the US pursue a system more like the new chemical control law in Europe, called REACH, which requires that manufacturers and importers of all chemicals – existing and new – provide a dossier summarizing health and safety for all intended uses? Or something more like the Canadian prioritization review and […]
From Hurriyet Daily News: The European Chemicals Agency, or ECHA, has received some 15 times more pre-registrations for chemicals than it initially expected, the agency’s representatives said last week. EU chemicals registration jams as deadline extends The pre-registrations are part of a process that regulates substances manufactured in or imported to the EU. The regulation […]
Scientific American on a New York State lawsuit: This week, a group of those concerned citizens and advocates, led by Earthjustice, is filing a lawsuit in New York State to force major U.S. manufacturers—Church and Dwight, Colgate–Palmolive and Proctor and Gamble as well as England-based Reckitt Benckiser Group—to disclose ingredients in their household cleaning products. […]
A press release from the Government of Canada: Of the 19 substances included in Batch 5, two substances are proposed to be of concern to human health (Acrylamide and TCEP (Tris(2-chloroethyl)) phosphate). Current information indicates that the remaining 17 substances are of no concern to human health or the environment. Of these remaining 17 substances, […]
A release from Health Canada that we have been eagerly awaiting: The Government of Canada today introduced proposed legislation that will modernize and strengthen product safety laws by overhauling existing rules to further protect the health and safety of Canadians. The proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act will provide better oversight of consumer products in […]
A Notice from Health Canada: Health Canada officials will provide a technical briefing to the media via teleconference regarding the proposed Canada Consumer Product Safety Act introduced earlier today. The technical briefing is not for attribution. A PowerPoint presentation for the technical briefing is available at the following address: http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/TechnicalBriefingDeck_ENG.ppt. Date Thursday, January 29, 2009 […]
A report from the Globe and Mail: Health Canada and Environment Canada are recommending adding a former chemical warfare agent, diethyl sulphate, to the country’s list of toxic substances. Although the substance isn’t a household name, it can be used to make fabric softeners or flocculants in wastewater and sewage sludge control, and in the […]
CNN on regulatory changes that are being lobbied for: We’ve reached out to advocacy groups to see what they thought were some of the most pressing issues or policy changes this new administration must tackle… Fund the Consumer Product Safety Commission so it can enforce the new product-safety act. This act improves and expands standards […]
A new Ohio law gives further reasons for chemical manufacturers and distributors to make sure their MSDSs are up-to-date: Sanitarians with health departments across the state inspected every school in spring 2008 and made notes about improvements schools need to make to be in compliance with Jarod’s Law. Zanesville-Muskingum County Health Department Sanitarian Adam Dickerson […]
From Eco Child’s Play: The General Accountability Office (GAO) adds the EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), to its 2009 High Risk list, saying that the EPA “lacks adequate scientific information on the toxicity of many chemicals that may be found in the environment”. The GAO recommends that the Obama administration place a high priority […]