This news article regarding how Proposed TSCA Reform Should Push Industry To Be Proactive, is brought to you by law360.com. While consumers typically believe that anything they can buy in the store has been government tested for safety, that’s not always the case. The Toxic Substances Control Act, the federal law that manages the […]
This news article about Proposed TSCA Legislation Ramps Up Safety Requirements for Manufacturers, EPA, is brought to you by jdsupra.com. While consumers typically believe that anything they can buy in the store has been government tested for safety, that’s not always the case. The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) has been in effect and […]
This news article regarding OSHA’s June 1 GHS deadline for safety data sheets: What does it mean for you?, is brought to you by safety.blr.com. Effective June 1, 2015, chemical manufacturers, importers, or other employers responsible for preparing safety data sheets, or SDSs, must format each SDS using consistent headings in a specified 16-section sequence. […]
This news update on how EU Commission will publish results of EDC criteria screening, is brought to you by chemicalwatch.com. The European Commission will publish the results of its planned screening of 700 substances against four possible ways of setting criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The work, which the EU executive expects […]
This news update – Today’s the Day: OSHA HCS Compliance Update, is brought to you by whattheythink.com. Are you ready? June 1, 2015, is the deadline for meeting the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)—CFR 1910.1200—and its alignment with the Globally Harmonized System (GHS). As everyone should know by now, the 2012 version […]
This news update regarding Interim Enforcement Guidance for Hazard Communication 2012 (HCS 2012), is brought to you by osha.gov. This memorandum is to provide additional, interim guidance on the Hazard Communication 2012 June 1, 2015 effective date. OSHA provided related guidance in its February 9, 2015 memorandum which described the Agency’s enforcement position for manufacturers, […]
This news update regarding how EU Regulators Bow to Pressure from American Trade Lobby on EDCs, is brought to you by enewspf.com. The same day that trade representatives from United States met with Secretary-General Catherine Day of the European Commission (EC), she sent a letter to the EC’s Environment Director-General Karl Falkenberg telling him […]
This news update for Part 3 Of Biofuels Digest Series On TSCA And The Bioeconomy is brought to you by jdsupra.com. Part 3 of Biofuels Digest‘s “Thought Leadership” series highlighting some of the ways the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) applies to biobased products was published May 18, 2015.Summaries of the first two “TSCA and […]
This news update about Stronger Regulation of Toxic Chemicals, is brought to you by nytimes.com. Both houses of Congress are moving to reform the notoriously weak Toxic Substances Control Act, which is supposed to ensure the safety of chemicals used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products. The measures under consideration have […]
This news update regarding the Best practice in developing GHS conforming labels, is brought to you by chemicalwatch.com. Developing and maintaining a compliant hazard communication system is challenging. Detailed knowledge of the regulatory landscape is essential to ensure conformance with the myriad of regulatory obligations impacting businesses today. Global companies, in particular, […]