environmental toxicity evaluation News
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Choosing the best eco-design technique
Eco-design is increasingly viewed as an important approach to sustainable and improved product development. A recent study explores the adoption of eco-design techniques for a new product in a specific company. It identifies three key eco-design techniques and provides manufacturers with guidelines on how to choose the best eco-design approach for them. Eco-design is an approach to product ...
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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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EPA awards $355K to Utah DEQ for air monitoring in Salt Lake City area
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (UDEQ) a $355,000 grant to conduct air toxics monitoring and evaluate population exposure in West Valley City, a community located on the west side of the Salt Lake valley. The grant, awarded through EPA’s Community Air Toxics Monitoring program, is among $4,000,000 provided to more than ...
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Air Testing Completed at Three Texas Schools
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced monitoring data from three schools in Texas indicate specific air toxics are below levels of concern. The EPA partnered with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to monitor and evaluate air samples at San Jacinto Elementary and Deer Park Junior High in Deer Park, Texas, as well as Temple Elementary in Diboll, Texas. These schools ...
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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 Proposal Strengthens Nation’s Preparedness Level and Response to Oil Spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to amend requirements under the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to improve the nation’s ability to plan for and respond to oil spills. This proposal addresses issues raised by the public, responders, government, and industry officials during the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. “Our ...
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Study Finds Carcinogens in CA Drinking Water
A study of contaminant groups in 2,737 public water systems in California found that the Golden State’s drinking water may cause negative health outcomes. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) study, published in the journal Environmental Health, found that concentrations of contaminants in California public water systems may contribute to approximately 15,500 cancer cases in the state over a ...
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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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