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Germany Publishes Overview of Field of Advanced Materials

In July 2020, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a report entitled Advanced materials: Overview of the field and screening criteria for relevance assessment. The report describes activities within the project “Advanced materials — Thematic conferences: Assessment of needs to act on chemical safety” to provide discussion input on approaches to describe, cluster, and ...

Aug. 6, 2020

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Regulatory compliance – reminders & tools

As the 2010 work year is under way, several compliance and regulatory reporting actions are required for practically every organization that uses chemicals in their operations. Whether your environmental responsibilities are local, regional, or global, you need to provide a variety of reports for chemical activities and usage in 2009. You also need to review or establish chemical tracking ...

Feb. 24, 2011

By Chemical Safety Software

How to prepare a downstream user chemical safety report

If a downstream user's use of a substance is not covered by the supplier's exposure scenarios, they have an option to prepare a downstream user chemical safety report. This practical guide gives advice and examples on how to prepare one, including how to: gather information on the substance; perform a chemical safety assessment; document the downstream user chemical safety report; ...

Sep. 7, 2015

By European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

New Consumer Exposure Example helps Companies to comply with REACH

nder REACH, registrants have to assess exposure and risk from a substance which becomes part of an article (so-called article service life) ; this applies to a substance which fulfils the criteria specified in Article 14(4). They also have to report the conditions of safe use in the exposure scenario. ECHA has published the example, as registrants have often not addressed this assessment in ...

May 11, 2015

By European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

EPA Announces Meeting Of The BOSC Chemical Safety For Sustainability Subcommittee

On November 1, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) announced a meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors’ (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability Subcommittee meeting via notice in the Federal Register. This meeting will be held at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Main Campus Facility in North Carolina, ...

Nov. 4, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Chemical safety and control is in our hands, says EU Health Minister

Minister of Health Zofija Mazej Kukovič this week opened the exhibition 'Chemical Lovers' in the Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels. The exhibition is intended to raise public awareness of the presence of different chemicals in our life, and to point out the fact that only we ourselves may make the best use of chemicals and reduce their possible adverse effects on the environment by our ...

Jun. 3, 2008

By Slovenian Presidency of the EU 2008

New regulations for 2011

A number of new domestic (both State and Federal) and international regulations are in effect in 2011. The new Emergency Response Guide Book, released in 2008, is now available with Chemical Safety’s Environmental Management Systems (EMS) software, as are new Building Code rules and regulations, international labeling requirements under the Global Harmonized System for labeling and ...

Feb. 24, 2011

By Chemical Safety Software

Statement by EPA Acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe on the Passing of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg

I'm saddened today to learn of Senator Frank R. Lautenberg's passing, and my thoughts and prayers are with his family. Senator Lautenberg worked to protect children and families from harmful pollutants and modernize our chemical safety laws, and he fought tirelessly to combat the threat of climate change. He was a true environmental champion, and today Americans are healthier and safer due to his ...

Jun. 3, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

NCEC presents at the Chemical Safety Seminar in Mumbai

NCEC presented at the ‘Chemical Safety Seminar: Standards and Regulations’ in Mumbai, a workshop jointly organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Institute of Quality, New Delhi; and Sustainability Support Services (Europe) AB, Sweden. The seminar was also supported by India’s National Institute of Disaster Management; the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS); ...

May 21, 2014

By NCEC (National Chemical Emergency Centre)

EMS 4.0 – all your information in one place

The EMS 4.0 Quick Start home page gives you one-click access to your most important activities, all in one place. It presents a big-picture view of how everything fits together, with arrows to guide you from one task to the next. The EMS 4.0 Quick Start consolidates key activities in one place. It also lets you see activities separated by business function, and segregates those functions into ...

Feb. 24, 2011

By Chemical Safety Software

Chemical Safety Software releases EMS 4.0

Chemical Safety Software has announced the release of version 4.0, of its industry-leading Environmental Management Systems (EMS) software. Version 4.0 includes regulatory enhancements, multi-lingual capabilities and improved navigability. “All new releases are exciting, but 4.0 has some real game-changers,” said Robert Dunn, Director of Sales and Marketing at Chemical Safety. “The EMS Quick ...

May 11, 2009

By Chemical Safety Software

EPA establishes national tribal toxics committee to address risks from toxic chemicals

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has established a National Tribal Toxics Committee (NTTC) to give Indian tribes greater input on issues related to chemical safety, toxic chemicals and pollution prevention. This effort will further empower tribal communities to protect their health and environment from the risks of toxic chemicals. Creation of the NTTC is part of EPA Administrator Lisa P. ...

May 31, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Save the date — TSCA Reform — One Year Later

Join the Environmental Law Institute and the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health for a day-long conference exploring the federal government’s implementation of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, which significantly amended the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), just over one year after it was signed into law. Speakers will ...

May 2, 2017

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

New OECD Brochure illustrates how Work on using Manufactured Nanomaterials sustainably in Tyres contributes to Green Growth

The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) has released a brochure entitled Green growth: chemical safety and biosafety(link is external). In it the organisation explains that ‘innovation through emerging and converging technologies (such as biotechnology and nanotechnology) can only contribute to growth if regulatory authorities are able to address human health and ...

Jul. 9, 2014

By Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA)

Chemical safety a must in summer

Agricultural and veterinary chemical store owners are urged to conduct safety checks on their premises in preparation for fire and cyclone season. They can also do their farmer clients a favour by encouraging them to do the same back on their properties. Agsafe has developed a simple five-point Summer Safety Checklist to help both rural businesses and their farmer clients to plan ahead for the ...

Jul. 2, 2019

By Agsafe

Z ChemGear Chemical Systems Design Considerations

Each chemical class, and even within that class, have physical, chemical, safety and environmental differences that must be considered when designing and building chemical systems. Z ChemGear systems are designed, engineered and fabricated to fully account for each chemical’s unique characteristics to ensure maximum and efficient chemical utilization. This presentation provides details on ...

Aug. 21, 2019

By Zeroday Enterprises, LLC

ECHA publishes an illustrative example of exposure scenarios for communication in the supply chain

The Agency has published an illustrative example of exposure scenarios for a hypothetical hazardous substance to be annexed to a safety data sheet. The main objective of the publication is to promote ways of efficiently communicating on the safe use of chemicals down the supply chain. The new publication is organised in three parts. In part one, there is an overview of the format for the ESs to ...

Aug. 4, 2014

By European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

EPA Calls for Partnering on School Chemical Safety

(Washington, D.C. - Oct. 23, 2007) What should a school do with outdated chemicals that may have been sitting in the lab cabinet or storage closet for 20 years or more? EPA's Schools Chemical Cleanout Campaign can help schools find partners to give advice in safe chemical removal and management. EPA is challenging companies and other organizations with chemical expertise to be good neighbors ...

Oct. 24, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

MEP, UNEP and Dow join forces to set standards for chemical safety and emergency preparedness in China

A pilot project aimed at boosting operational safety and emergency preparedness among chemical companies in China was launched this week at the Zhangjiagang Yangze River Chemical Park. It follows an agreement signed last September by China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and The Dow Chemical Company (Dow). The pilot, in which Dow's ...

Aug. 31, 2009

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

NRDC: Chemical Safety Bills Still Need More Work

David Goldston, director of Government Affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council, made the following statement today concerning recent developments on efforts to update the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA ). Sens. David Vitter (R-LA) and Tom Udall (D-NM) and, separately, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) have been working on draft proposals to update the law, which is almost uniformly ...

Sep. 18, 2014

By Natural Resources Defense Council