A recent news release from the EPA includes the following: The proposal recommends an ozone standard within a range of 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million (ppm). EPA also is taking comments on alternative standards within a range from 0.060 ppm up to the level of the current 8-hour ozone standard, which is 0.08 ppm… […]
From the May 12th 2007 Canada Gazette: Notice of second release of technical information relevant to substances identified in the Challenge: Whereas the Government of Canada published on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 49, the Notice of intent to develop and implement measures to assess and manage […]
From the May 12th 2007 Canada Gazette: Notice of identification of the third batch and the next proposed batches of the remaining substances in the Challenge: Whereas the Government of Canada published on Saturday, December 9, 2006, in the Canada Gazette, Part I, Vol. 140, No. 49, the Notice of intent to develop and implement […]
Notice from the OEHHA: Request for Comments on Proposed Listing of Gallium Arsenide as Known to Cause Cancer and Hexafluoroacetone, Nitrous Oxide and Vinyl Cyclohexene Dioxide as Known to Cause Reproductive Toxicity: The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking […]
News from FreshPlaza on EU organic food labeling standards: EU ministers ended 18 months of squabbling on Tuesday over new rules for organic farming and came up with a labeling system that will tell consumers exactly what they are buying. Farmers who sell produce containing at least 95 percent organic ingredients will use a special […]
An update from Health Canada on Drugs and Health Products: Health Canada has identified the need to clarify and communicate an established approach to the classification and regulation of products which may share characteristics of both “cosmetic” and “drug”, as defined in the Food and Drugs Act. The articulation of the established criteria has been […]
The IUCLID (International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database) 5 software has just been released. From the IUCLID website: IUCLID (International Uniform ChemicaL Information Database) is a software application to capture, store, maintain and exchange data on intrinsic and hazard properties of chemical substances. It is a key software application essential for chemical industry to comply with […]
We received a tip this morning that we would from ReachReady that included the following information we thought you would be interested in: And by the way did we mention that REACH comes into force tomorrow…? Nothing for you to worry about, the only thing REACH says you have to do from day one is […]
More on REACH, this time from the RetailBulletin: Buried within the 849 pages of the legislation, there are provisions that directly affect retailers by increasing the amount of information they will need from suppliers about the chemicals used in products. Companies importing finished goods from outside the EU will have to work with suppliers to […]
An article from Canada on harmonization of U.S./Canada pesticide law: The safety of pesticides in Canada is partly in the hands of U.S. regulators as the two countries forge ahead with plans to harmonize their pesticide-review processes. News of the effort comes as a growing chorus of scientists south of the border raise the alarm […]