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Progress in the use of alternatives to animal testing

This news update discussing alternatives to animal testing is brought to you by ECHA.     According to ECHA’s tri-annual report about the use of alternatives to animal testing, registrants have widely used alternative methods to generate information required by REACH to ensure the safe use of chemicals. Most registrants conform with the data sharing […]

20 critical raw materials – major challenge for EU industry

This news update on critical raw materials is brought to you by the European Commission.     The European Commission presented today a revised list of Critical Raw Materials. The 2014 list includes 13 of the 14 materials identified in the previous list of 2011, with only tantalum moving out of the list (due to […]

California proposes more detailed Prop 65 warnings

This news update on More Detailed Prop 65 Warnings is brought to you by Packaging Digest.     The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued a pre-regulatory draft proposal, which would repeal the current regulatory warning requirements under Proposition 65 and adopt new ones that would require more detailed information. Currently, Proposition […]

Transitional Guidance Documents: ECHA publishes three Transitional Guidance documents concerning biocides

This news update on Transitional Guidance Documents is brought to you by ECHA.     In addition, the biocides guidance webpages are updated to provide information on the Transitional Guidance documents and updated information on the new guidance structure.   Helsinki, 28 May 2014 – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published three Transitional Guidance documents for […]

Heartland Natural Wild Yam Moisturizing Cream contains undisclosed prescription drug ingredient

This news update on Heartland Natural Wild Yam Moisturizing Cream is brought to you by Healthy Canadians.     Health Canada has requested that Christmas Natural Foods Ltd. stop selling and recall its unauthorized health product, Heartland Natural Wild Yam Moisturizing Cream, after testing conducted by the Department identified a undisclosed prescription drug ingredient, progesterone. Approved […]

Political Spending by Chemical Companies: Chemical Industry Political Giving Surges

This news update on political spending by chemical companies is brought to you by Environmental Working Group.     As Congress rushes to complete a new law that would seek to “reform” the decades-old Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, political spending by chemical companies and their trade association has reached record levels, according to […]

Chemical Safety Law: Only 10 weeks left to pass chemical safety reform

This news update discussing chemical safety law is brought to you by Environmental Defense Fund.     When I first began working to help fix America’s broken chemical safety law, it was already decades old. Now it is approaching 40 – well past retirement age for a law that cannot ensure the safety of common chemicals. […]

Prop 65 – An Ambulance Chaser’s Dream: New CCF Project Targets California’s Costly Prop 65

This news update on Prop 65- An Ambulance Chaser’s Dream is brought to you by The Center for Consumer Freedom.     The Center for Consumer Freedom has launched a new project—Prop 65 Scam—taking aim at California’s Proposition 65, a state law requiring warning labels on any product or area that contains chemicals the state claims are carcinogens […]

CheLIST: EU launches JRC reference chemical search tools

This news update on CheLIST is brought to you by Chemical Watch.     The EU’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has launched its Chemical Lists Information System (CheLIST), which can be used to find out if a chemical has been tested in a major EU or international research project. It also provides information on which […]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Aligning Chemical Classification, Labeling Is Goal of EU Delegates in Transatlantic Talks

This news update discussing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is brought to you by Bloomberg BNA.     U.S. and European authorities may never be able to reconcile their regulatory schemes for chemicals and cosmetics, but they could cooperate more closely in a number of ways, including how they classify and label chemicals, according to two […]