The Guardian has a fairly standard article on the burden REACH is placing on companies. One interesting discussion is the number of pre-registrations that have been sent in: Dancet’s agency has around 200 staff and aims to add an additional 50 before the year end to handle the flurry of enquiries and pre-registrations that will […]
From the OEHHA: On June 27, 2008, OEHHA published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 08, No. 26-Z) announcing its intent to list molinate under Proposition 65 as a chemical known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity in accordance with the regulatory criteria in section 25306 of Title 27 of the […]
From the EPA – National Emission Standards for Organic Hazardous Air Pollutants From the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing Industry for Process Vents, Storage Vessels, Transfer Operations, and Wastewater; and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing On November 10, 2003, EPA promulgated national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants (NESHAP) for […]
Some of the proposed amendments, from the Canada Gazette: The following changes are proposed to implement the comments and recommendations of the SJCSR: * a discrepancy was identified in the French and English versions of the FHR 2003 in the definition of “small refrigeration system” and the use of this definition in section 16. Both […]
From the Canada Gazette: Part I of the Non-domestic Substances List (see footnote 1) is amended by deleting the following: 57843-53-5 68016-13-7 Click on the above link for more information.
From the OEHHA: On June 27, 2008, OEHHA published two separate notices in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 08 No. 26-Z) soliciting information which may be relevant to the evaluation of imazalil and thiabendazole and its hypophosphite salt under consideration for possible listing within the context of the Proposition 65 administrative listing regulatory criteria […]
From the OEHHA: On June 27, 2008, OEHHA published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 08, No. 26-Z) announcing its intent to list avermectin B1 under Proposition 65 as a chemical known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity in accordance with the regulatory criteria in section 25306 of Title 27 of […]
From the San Francisco Chronicle: The state’s largest school bus operator has agreed to renovate more than 2,000 buses in California to run cleaner, settling a lawsuit that accused it of exposing children to diesel exhaust in leaky passenger cabins. The settlement was announced Wednesday by Laidlaw Transit and three environmental groups that sued the […]
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The USA Today on the new act: Congress has passed sweeping legislation to improve the safety of toys and other consumer products. The bill — approved by the Senate Thursday night and the House of Representatives Tuesday — follows a rising tide of public concern over product safety, spurred by recalls of 45 million children’s […]