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This news update discussing protecting children from exposure to toxic chemicals is brought to you by SF Gate. ONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont House on Wednesday gave final approval to a bill to protect children from exposure to toxic chemicals, and Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlinsaid he supports the idea. The House voted 120-22 to support a […]
This news update on the US Apple Ban is brought to you by Quartz. In March, EU food safety authorities effectively blocked US non-organic apples from import by lowering the amount of diphenylamine (DPA) that the apples can contain. The EU banned its own farmers from using DPA, a growth-regulating chemical that could be be […]
This news update on Amending Schedule 2 to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act is brought to you by Canada Gazette. REGULATIONS AMENDING SCHEDULE 2 TO THE CANADA CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY ACT (TCEP) AMENDMENT 1. Schedule 2 to the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (see footnote 1) is amended by adding the following after […]
This news update on EU chemicals output is brought to you by Business Standard. For the fourth consecutive month, European chemicals output increased in January 2014, according to the CeficChemicals Trends Report released on April 23, 2014. Output during January 2014 was up 3% per cent year-on-year, but EU chemicals prices were down 2.8% over the […]
This news update on how Europe Bans American Apples is brought to you by Medical Daily. The European Union has recently banned non-organic American apples because farmers could not prove that the chemicals used to grow them were not harmful. This information comes from an analysis provided by the Environmental Working Group, a national environmental […]
This news update on revised BPR is brought to you by ECHA. The amendments clarify a number of issues including market access conditions for treated articles. Helsinki, 25 April 2014 – The amending regulation (334/2014) which enters into force today addresses a number of aspects of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) to give further […]
By: Darren Dunn – Chemical Regulatory Consultant On December 18th, 2006, the European Union released a new regulation named Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). The purpose of REACH is to address the potential impacts of chemical substances on human health and the environment. REACH legislation is considered to be the most […]
This news update on the latest update of REACH-IT is brought to you by ECHA. The recent issues with REACH-IT have now been fixed. An update of the tool is available for all users. Helsinki, 24 April 2014 – After the latest update of REACH-IT on 16 April, some companies experienced problems accessing certain attachments sent […]
This news article featuring a new way to celebrate Earth Day is brought to you by The Huffington Post. Before the Environmental Protection Agency existed, before the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and long before any state had a renewable energy standard on the books, there was Earth […]
This news update discussing Changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act is brought to you by Legal NewsLine. BOSTON (Legal Newsline) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley joined a coalition of states on Thursday in sending a letter urging leaders of the House of Representatives to object to language in the proposed Chemicals […]
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