A short piece from MarineLog: Other SOLAS amendments adopted, with an expected entry into force date of January 1, 2011, include an amendment to prohibit all new installations of asbestos on board ships, without exceptions; and an amendment to require material safety data sheets (MSDS) to be provided for ships carrying oil or oil fuel, […]
From Life Science Reader: According to KPMG, some experts have suggested that compliance with REACH may cost several billion euros. “We are really only finding out about the costs of REACH now,” explains Dr. Joanne Lloyd, Ph.D., of the information provider REACHReady (www.reachready.co.uk), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Chemical Industries Association. “The ECHA [European […]
From Marketwire: New regulations announced today will reduce Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in automotive refinishing products. VOCs found in these products contribute to the creation of smog, which is harmful to both human health and the environment… The regulations introduce VOC concentration limits for 14 categories of coatings and surface cleaners, which are used for […]
From CommonDreams.org: NRDC filed its lawsuit in California Superior Court in Alameda County against 16 retailers and manufacturers including Petsmart, PetCo, and Petstore.com, for failing to comply with California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act, known as Proposition 65, which prohibits businesses from knowingly exposing consumers without proper warning to any chemical “known to […]
From EnviroBLR.com: EPA has announced a settlement with a multinational manufacturer of polymer-based fibers to pay a $1.7 million civil penalty and spend up to an estimated $500 million to correct self-reported environmental violations discovered at facilities in seven states. This is the largest settlement under EPA’s audit policy, which was launched in 1995. The […]
An annoucement from the EU: A new version of the EC inventory (version 1.1) is now available for downloading at the IUCLID website. This version of the EC inventory contains the whole of the European INventory of Existing commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS) and the No-Longer Polymer (NLP) inventories as published on ESIS. In addition it […]
From Courant.com: Connecticut moved a step closer Tuesday to banning the sale of plastic baby bottles, food containers and cups containing a chemical that has been restricted in Canada and that some scientists say is a health threat. A legislative committee unanimously endorsed restrictions on making, selling or distributing products in Connecticut made with bisphenol-A, […]
From Canada.com: Canada on Saturday will become the first country to formally declare bisphenol A hazardous to human health and officially inform the baby-product industry it will no longer be able to use the chemical in baby bottles. Canada’s announcement comes six months after Health Minister Tony Clement surprised the chemical industry by announcing the […]
From the Wall Street Journal: A few manufacturers of household cleaning products have begun disclosing the chemicals in some of their products. S.C. Johnson and Son Inc. last month rolled out Web site WhatsInsideSCJohnson.com to describe most of the ingredients for its Windex, Glade, and Shout brands. Clorox Co. lists ingredients for its Formula 409 […]
From EHS Today: In its newly published guidance document, Assigned Protection Factors (APF), OSHA provides employers with vital information for selecting respirators for workers exposed to contaminants in the air. The guidance focuses on mandatory respirator selection provisions added to the existing Respiratory Protection standard. OSHA revised this standard in 2006 to add APFs and […]