Health & Safety Newsletter
August 08, 2013
This Week´s Featured News Stories
Senate Committee Holds Hearing on TSCA Reform
On July 31, 2013, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on "Strengthening Public Health Protections by Addressing Toxic Chemical Threats." To date, two bills have been introduced in the Senate that would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) -- the Safe Chemicals Act of 2013 (S. 696) (SCA) and the Chemical Safety Improvement Act (S. 1009) (CSIA). The late Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) reintroduced the SCA on April 10, 2013, and more information regarding the bill is available in our April 29, 2013, memorandum. Several weeks later, on May 22, 2013, Lautenberg ...
Japan gov`t to help stop radioactive water leaks
Japan`s government said Wednesday that it would step in and take "firm measures" to tackle contaminated water leaks at the country`s crippled nuclear plant, including possibly funding a multibillion-dollar project to fix the problem. The announcement came a day after the operator of the wrecked Fukushima Dai-ichi plant said some of the water was seeping over or around an underground barrier it created after injecting chemicals into the soil that solidified into a wall. "There is heightened concern among the public, particularly about the contaminated water problem," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...
The Wercs Ltd.
The Wercs, Ltd. is a software development company located in NY that provides MSDS software tools and services to help organizations author, manage, and distribute Material Safety Data Sheets, Labels, and various documents required under OSHA, EU Directives, and other regulatory bodies worldwide. In addition to keeping compliant with regulations, The WERCS and its chemical industry executive clients are concerned with the health and safety of all employees, consumers, and employees of other business partners throughout the supply chain. Wercs provides advanced tools to assist companies in complying with EU's REACH, as well as the new GHS standards. 

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