Health & Safety Newsletter
December 23, 2009

This Week´s Featured News Stories
EPA seeks to disclose pesticide inert ingredients
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is requesting public comment on options for disclosing inert ingredients in pesticides. In this anticipated rulemaking, EPA is seeking ideas for greater disclosure of inert ingredient identities. Inert ingredients are part of the end use product formulation and are not active ingredients. . Revealing inert ingredients will help consumers make informed decisions and will better protect public health and the environment. “Consumers deserve to know the identities of ingredients in pesticide formulations, including inert ingredients,” said Steve ...
Noise pollution: separate regulations needed for construction
In a new study, Spanish researchers describe a method specifically designed for measuring and characterising noise from building sites. They claim the method could help shape future policy related to noise pollution caused by the construction industry and provide important information to help reduce construction noise. Several EU directives are concerned with noise pollution and focus on reducing noise from specific sources, mainly road and air traffic1. Council directive 70/157/EEC, for example, sets sound level limits for motor vehicles. However, in most European countries there is no specific ...
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