environmental toxicity evaluation News
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Joseph E. Plamondon Will Speak at the 30th Biennial Western Coatings Symposium
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on October 25, 2011, Joseph E. Plamondon will speak in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the 30th Biennial Western Coatings Symposium on the regulation of polymers under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the European ...
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High Levels of Formaldehyde Cause Worker Complaints and Unhealthy Environments
EC2 helps Illinois companies identify and find solutions to formaldehyde problems that cause poor indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft human health assessment for formaldehyde that focuses on evaluating the potential toxicity of inhalation exposure. Formaldehyde is widely used in many consumer products and common building materials ...
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Emma Louise Jackson Joins The Acta Group as Regulatory Specialist
The Acta Group (Acta®) is pleased to announce that Emma Louise Jackson CBiol MSB has joined our firm as a regulatory specialist, serving clients in the European Union (EU) and worldwide from our Manchester, UK office. Ms. Jackson is distinguished by more than a decade of experience in testing and regulatory environments, most recently as a regulatory manager at a large commercial laboratory. ...
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Emma Louise Jackson Joins The Acta Group as Regulatory Specialist
The Acta Group (Acta®) is pleased to announce that Emma Louise Jackson CBiol MSB has joined our firm as a regulatory specialist, serving clients in the European Union (EU) and worldwide from our Manchester, UK office. Ms. Jackson is distinguished by more than a decade of experience in testing and regulatory environments, most recently as a regulatory manager at a large commercial laboratory. ...
By Acta Group
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EPA Selects the University of California, Los Angeles to Help Find New Uses for Toxics Data
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced this week its selection of academic partners for the 2014 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a project designed to find innovative ways to increase public awareness of industrial releases of toxic chemicals in communities and around the country. The University of California, Los Angeles’ (UCLA) Institute of ...
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Jeffery Morris, Former OPPT Director, Examines TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute
After reading the article below by Jeffery Morris, former Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), we were inspired to post it. We appreciate having the opportunity to share his analysis with our audience. TSCA as a Gap-Filling Statute: Potentially Exposed and Susceptible Subpopulations In its response to public ...
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Recent Federal Developments
TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/EPCRA Jim Jones Designated As Acting Assistant Administrator For OCSPP: On November 22, 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced that Jim Jones, the current Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, will be designated to serve as the new Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and ...
By Acta Group
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TSCA: EPA releases proposed chemical risk evaluation process under new TSCA
On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a process for conducting risk evaluations to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, including an unreasonable risk to a potentially exposed or susceptible subpopulation, under the conditions of use. 82 Fed, Reg. 7562. The process would not consider ...
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