chemical safety Articles
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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. and ABA Books Release New TSCA: A Guide to the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and Its Implementation
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to announce the publication of New TSCA: A Guide to the Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act and Its Implementation, released today by the American Bar Association (ABA). This new book is a comprehensive guide to the substantial revisions to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) occasioned by enactment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety ...
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Managing Low-level Radioisotopes as Part of a Company´s Total Lifecycle of Chemicals and Radioactive Materials
Chiron Corporation is one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies with businesses in biopharmaceuticals, vaccines and blood testing. In addition to manufacturing facilities, Chiron has an extensive research and development organization, which works with chemicals and radioactive materials. Under Federal, State and Local regulations, as well as corporate operating procedures, ...
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Best Practices for Chemical Management for Cost Savings, Regulatory Compliance, and Environmental Responsibility
If you ask industrial and laboratory operations managers about their biggest challenges, the answers you'll hear most often relate to environmental regulations and the management of chemicals. And the concern permeates the whole organization as well -- according to Accenture and the Conference Board, over one third of 500 top US CEO's named chemical-related Environmental ...
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Chemical Safety Software Offer Hosted Services for its Integrated Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Software
Chemical Safety Software now offers a new generation of hosted technology service for a guaranteed cost-effective, no commitment, and instant solution for organizations’ Facility Operations, Chemical Management, Waste Management, Safety and Regulatory Compliance needs. A computer and the Internet is all that is required to get immediate access to up-to-date chemical and regulatory management ...
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Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Article Quotes Charles M. Auer On Chemical Data Reporting Rule
On January 5, 2017, the Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Article, “Outlook 2017: Amended Chemicals Law Implementation Top Priority,” quoted Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor with Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), regarding how Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule information will be used in the future to help prioritize risk evaluations and other ...
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Publication of the report about evaluation of substances dossiers
REACH: evaluation of substances The recently published annual report concerns the activity of the Agency about the evaluation of substances. In 2013 the evaluation activity focused on the control of compliance for the registration dossiers of substances: overall ECHA controlled 1130 dossiers, exceeding the target of 5% of the total number of dossiers presented for the registration deadline of ...
By Selerant srl
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TSCA Reform Implementation Seminar: Impacts and Best Practices for the New Chemicals Law
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to participate in the upcoming “TSCA Reform Implementation Seminar: Impacts and Best Practices for the New Chemicals Law,” presented by the Michigan Chemistry Council. This valuable seminar features a panel of industry practitioners, as well as talented legal experts including Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of B&C, who ...
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The Chemical Safety Improvement Act: An In-Depth Review and Analysis
In a stunning bipartisan show of support for reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that few saw coming, Senators David Vitter (R-LA) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) (among bipartisan others) introduced on May 22, 2013, the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), later designated S. 1009, available online. CSIA provides a new and streamlined approach to reform TSCA that stakeholders may ...
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Strengthen On-site Inventory and Material Approval Processes - Case Study
Overview The cross-functional product stewardship team at Siemens Healthineers has a two-fold mandate to tackle both operational site-specific EHS issues as well as product-oriented EHS concerns. Access to markets and compliance with global regulations Strengthen product-related environmental performance via Environmental Product Declarations These objectives were ...
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Case study - Worker safety and regulatory compliance goals met with Gibson’s msdsBinders site
Introduction Gibson Energy Inc. has been providing essential midstream services to the energy industry for 60 years. The Company is engaged in the transportation, storage, blending, processing, marketing and distribution of crude oil, condensate, NGLs and refined products. Situation Gibson’s was interested in moving their management of MSDSs outside to a 3rd party vendor. They initiated ...
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TSCA tips for European chemical stakeholders
Changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) occasioned by enactment of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act have fundamentally changed the way the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviews new and assesses existing chemical substances in surprising and subtle ways. Our 26-professionals TSCA practice in Washington, D.C. has been “doing TSCA” ...
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TSCA Reform: Legislative Action Begins
On April 15, 2010, Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) released the text of the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010, S. 3209 (SCA),1 which is intended to address the “core failings” of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On the same day, Representatives Bobby Rush (D-IL), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of ...
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EPA increases transparency on chemical risk information
On January 21st the EPA announced a new policy to increase the public’s access to information on chemicals. In the announcement, the EPA stated its intention to reject a certain type of confidentiality claim, known as Confidential Business Information (CBI), on the identity of chemicals. The chemicals that will be affected by this action are those that are submitted to EPA with studies that show ...
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Florida hospital makes MSDSs easier to understand for employees
With more than 4,000 chemical-specific Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs) on file, Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Fla., began looking for a way to more efficiently manage its hazardous chemicals. The facility had traditionally archived the MSDSs in 28 binders. The content of the sheets was far too technical for the facility's 2,000 employees to understand quickly in the event of a chemical spill ...
By Incora
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South Korea Chemicals Program Targets Nanomaterials
The United Nations' Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) urges each nation to make efforts to reduce hazards associated with the use of chemicals. In response to this request, South Korea recently has taken steps to implement a process for the management of chemicals with the objective of minimizing the harmful effects that substances have on human health and the ...
By Acta Group
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South Korea Chemicals Program Targets Nanomaterials
The United Nations' Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) urges each nation to make efforts to reduce hazards associated with the use of chemicals. In response to this request, South Korea recently has taken steps to implement a process for the management of chemicals with the objective of minimizing the harmful effects that substances have on human health and the ...
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Survey says: Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
A good system for chemical management begins with a complete inventory of the laboratory's chemicals and a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) collection for those materials. A little more than 18 months ago, an entirely preventable tragedy occurred when a UCLA research assistant was burned over 43 percent of her body and died 18 days later in a hospital burn unit. While using a plastic syringe to ...
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TSCA Reform: An Analysis of Key Provisions and Fundamental Shifts in the Amended TSCA
On June 22, 2016, President Obama signed into law the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg), which makes important changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Lautenberg results in fundamental shifts in the requirements and approach under TSCA, while introducing important new concepts and approaches. It is our view that the body of changes, including ...
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Lynn L. Bergeson and Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Contribute to ABA SEER’s The Year in Review 2016
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to announce the publication of The Year in Review 2016: Environment, Energy, and Resources Law by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER). The Year in Review provides an annual summary of developments in environmental, energy, and resources law. B&C Managing Partner Lynn L. Bergeson ...
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GIGABASE uses UL The Wercs to set higher sustainability standards - Case study
The Situation GIGABASE is a Chinese-based platform that ranks construction materials based on their ecological and health impact. Their mission is to create market incentives for manufacturers to incrementally produce cleaner, healthier materials and explain their potential impact on human health and the environment. Clients look to GIGABASE for full-disclosure results and transparency with ...
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