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Joseph E. Plamondon, Ph.D. has joined Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., and its consulting affiliate, The Acta Group, L.L.C.
Joseph E. Plamondon, Ph.D., former Director of Regulatory Affairs for Consortium for Environmental Risk Management, LLC (CERM), has joined Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. and its consulting affiliates, The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta) and The Acta Group, EU, Ltd. (Acta EU). Dr. Plamondon has a long and distinguished career, and is well known in the industrial chemical community. As Director of ...
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WECF symposium on substitution of hazardous chemicals
A symposium, addressing the issue of substitution of hazardous chemicals, was held in the Dutch capital the Hague in April. The meeting, organised by HEAL member Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF) and the Dutch Ministry of the Environment in cooperation with employers union VNO/NCW and the chemical industry, sought to address how to facilitate the replacement of harmful chemicals from ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson Will Speak on Nanotechnology Issues and Moderate Panel on Global Initiatives at CHEMCON THE AMERICAS 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that B&C is a proud Sponsor of CHEMCON THE AMERICAS 2010 and that Lynn L. Bergeson will speak, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Session 7 -- “Similarities and Differences in Global Legislation” about developments and emerging issues on ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson Will Speak on REACH at Saint Joseph's University Global Chemical Management Regulations and Compliance Management Seminar
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that Lynn L. Bergeson will speak, Saturday, October 23, 2010, on "Understanding the EU REACH Regulation" at the Saint Joseph's University Global Chemical Regulations and Compliance Management Seminar in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This seminar is open to the public. ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson Will Moderate Panel on Key U.S. Nano Regulatory and Science Policy Issues at NanoBusiness 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) is pleased to announce that on September 27, 2010, Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a panel discussing key nanotechnology-related U.S. regulatory and science policy issues impacting businesses at the Ninth Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Panel participants include representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), ...
By Acta Group
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Lynn L. Bergeson Will Moderate Panel on Key U.S. Nano Regulatory and Science Policy Issues at NanoBusiness 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) is pleased to announce that on September 27, 2010, Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a panel discussing key nanotechnology-related U.S. regulatory and science policy issues impacting businesses at the Ninth Annual NanoBusiness Conference in Chicago, Illinois. Panel participants include representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), state ...
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ACC and SOCMA Announce Agenda for 2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference
This year's Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Expo returns to Baltimore, MD, and will take place March 5-7, 2012. The event is an ideal venue to bring chemical industry professionals up to speed on the latest chemical management regulations, both domestic and foreign. Attendees are invited to take advantage of this once-a-year opportunity to interact with experts in policy areas like ...
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EPA releases public database on risk assessments
EPA is releasing the Health and Environmental Research Online (HERO) database, a milestone in transparency. HERO provides access to the scientific studies used in making key regulatory decisions, including EPA’s periodic review of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for six major pollutants. It is part of the open government directive to conduct business with transparency, ...
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Health risks associated with combined exposures to endocrine disruptors are systematically underestimated, shows EU research project
Findings from the European research project EDC-MixRisk released today [1] highlight that the health risks associated with the combined exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are systematically underestimated under current assessment methods in the European Union. Researchers behind the project now call for a shift in risk assessment to better reflect real-life exposure to multiple ...
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Reach for WASPS
As many will know, the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals Regulations (REACH) are coming into force next year. These require all manufacturers and suppliers who deal with chemicals to share all important safety information with their customers and chemical users right down the supply chain to the user. Environmental Science has started a new initiative to assist in this ...
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EPA releases database on Environmental Chemicals Agency continued efforts to provide more transparency
EPA has released a new online database that collects information on more than 500,000 man-made chemicals from over 200 public sources. The Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) database allows access to hundreds of data sources in one place, providing a new level of transparency and easy access for environmental researchers, scientific journalists and the public. Sources of ...
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Air pollutants in the Arctic act as global indicators
Original story at MIT news. Despite global treaties and national regulations limiting toxic chemicals known as persistent organic pollutants (POPs), many of these chemicals still remain in the environment for long periods of time and accumulate in our land, water and air. These chemicals —which reach remote regions of the globe, such as the Arctic, through air currents — have ...
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Senate Holds Hearing on Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health held a joint hearing yesterday entitled "Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals." The hearing examined current initiatives related to flame retardant chemicals as a means of exploring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ...
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Senate Holds Hearing on Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, and Environmental Health held a joint hearing yesterday entitled "Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals." The hearing examined current initiatives related to flame retardant chemicals as a means of exploring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ...
By Acta Group
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Lynn L. Bergeson will speak on nanotechnology issues and moderate panel on global initiatives at CHEMCON THE AMERICAS 2010
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that B&C is a proud Sponsor of CHEMCON THE AMERICAS 2010 and that Lynn L. Bergeson will speak, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Session 7 -- "Similarities and Differences in Global Legislation" about developments and emerging issues on nanotechnology. Ms. ...
By Acta Group
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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. Announces The Launch of Its Consortia Management Affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C.
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce the formation and launch of B&C's consortia management affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM). BCCM provides core support services for industrial, agricultural, and biocide chemical advocacy, testing, and research consortia. BCCM provides a full ...
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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., and its consulting affiliates, the Acta Group, L.L.C. and the Acta Group EU, Ltd, announce the launch of Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.`s Consortia Management affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce the formation and launch of B&C's consortia management affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM). BCCM provides core support services for industrial, agricultural, and biocide chemical advocacy, testing, and research consortia. BCCM provides a full ...
By Acta Group
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The Acta Group, L.L.C. and The Acta Group Eu, Ltd Announce the Launch of Their Consortia Management Affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C.
The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU), and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) are pleased to announce the formation and launch of their consortia management affiliate, B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM). BCCM provides core support services for industrial, agricultural, and biocide chemical advocacy, testing, and research consortia. BCCM provides a full ...
By Acta Group
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N2O: Not one of the usual suspects
Nitrous oxide is better known to the public for inducing giggles in dentists’ offices than for wreaking havoc on Earth’s protective ozone layer. It bears little resemblance to the perpetrators of ozone-layer destruction currently regulated under the international Montreal Protocol agreement— those chemicals all contain chlorine or bromine atoms, unlike nitrous oxide. But now that global actions ...
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ACC Proposes New System to Prioritize Chemicals for Review
WASHINGTON, Sep. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As part of its longstanding support for updating the nation's chemical regulatory system, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) today proposed a comprehensive, scientifically-based prioritization system that could be used by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to determine which chemicals warrant additional review and assessment. "As ...
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