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Project Impacts to Birds are Once Again Illegal under the MBTA
On August 11, 2020, a U.S. district judge vacated a 2017 Department of Interior opinion related to migratory birds (M Opinion). For those of you who stopped keeping tabs on the number of environmental policy changes the current administration has made: The 2017 M Opinion stated that businesses that accidentally kill migratory birds or destroy their nests during their normal operations did NOT ...
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Robit Issued With An Environmental Management System Certificate
DNV GL Business Assurance Finland Oy Ab has issued Robit’s Lempäälä position with an environmental management system certificate on 28th September 2016 in accordance with the ISO 14001:2015 standard. As a first step, the management system is implemented in Finland, later in the whole company. The management system ensures that a wide array of environmental issues is ...
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EPA stops the importation of short-chain chlorinated paraffins as part of settlement with INEOS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with INEOS Chlor Americas, Inc., based in Wilmington, Del., to resolve violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). INEOS allegedly imported various chain-length chlorinated paraffins into the United States without providing the required notice to EPA. Under this settlement INEOS has ended the importation of ...
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EPA awards over $756,000 to research coastal climate change impacts on Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today it is awarding over $756,000 to the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community to research coastal climate impacts to traditional foods, cultural sites and tribal community health and well-being. The combination of sea level rise, wave impacts, and shoreline development will change coastal ecosystems that support Swinomish first foods and ...
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Sumitomo Rubber Introduces Rubberway
In an ongoing move towards more sustainable sourcing practices, the company has introduced the environmental and social risk assessment tool, Rubberway. The global demand for natural rubber has necessitated a responsible approach to the procurement of its raw materials. With concerns such as deforestation stemming from farm expansion, as well as labour and human rights issues, SRI recognises the ...
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SETAC Europe 2nd Special Science Symposium: Registration and abstract submission open!
Register at sesss.setac.eu to register at beneficial rates. Early registration deadline is 1 July. Meeting programme The meeting theme is Current Developments on Environmental Risk Assessment for Plant Protection Products in Europe. Check sesss.setac.eu for more information on the programme. Abstract submission Submit your poster abstract here. Deadline for abstract submission is 15 JULY ...
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Identifying Environmental and Occupational Exposure Risks to Suspected Carcinogens in Puerto Rico
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the 14th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). It contained newly reviewed substances that are known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans. Included in this list was the metallic element cobalt and cobalt compounds that release cobalt ions in vivo. The National Toxicology Program (NTP), an interagency program ...
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EPA ORD Announces BOSC CSS-HERA Subcommittee Meeting
On April 29, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) announced a virtual meeting of the Board of Scientific Counselors (BOSC) Chemical Safety for Sustainability and Health and Environmental Risk Assessment (CSS-HERA) Subcommittee. The purpose of the meeting will be to review the draft 2019-2022 Strategic Research Action Plan (StRAP) of ...
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EFSA Priority Topics for Guidance Development Include Nanotechnologies
On June 20, 2016, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion entitled “Priority topics for the development of risk assessment guidance by EFSA’s Scientific Committee in 2016-2018.” EFSA asked its Scientific Committee to review its cross-cutting guidance for scientific assessments to identify gaps requiring either new or revised guidance. The ...
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New DoD Fact Sheets on Vapor Intrusion
A series of fact sheets has been prepared by the Department of Defense (DoD) Tri-Service Environmental Risk Assessment Workgroup (TSERAWG) to update and supplement the DoD Vapor Intrusion Handbook. These six fact sheets cover sampling and assessment techniques that allow for an improved understanding of vapor intrusion given temporal variability and the potential for the presence of background ...
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Revisiting EFSA@EXPO: How can we advance environmental risk assessment?
Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is an important part of maintaining a healthy environment and conserving biodiversity. ERA has become indispensable to regulatory decision-making, and in this context ERA evaluates the potential adverse effects of regulated stressors – such as genetically modified plants, pesticides and feed additives – on the environment. What can be done to ...
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FREE Web Seminar: Probabilistic Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides
FREE Web Seminar: Probabilistic Environmental Risk Assessment of Pesticides Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Time: 3:00 pm GMT Standard Time (London) There is increasing interest in Europe in the probabilistic risk assessment of pesticides to help reduce reliance on overly conservative combinations of worst case exposure and toxicity values. Initiatives such as EUFRAM and WEBFRAM have provided ...
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EPA Issues Proposed Interim Registration Review Decision to Require New Risk Mitigation Measures for Chlorpyrifos
On December 7, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued for comment the Proposed Interim Decision (PID) for chlorpyrifos. 85 Fed. Reg. 78849. EPA announced it is proposing new risk mitigation measures to address potential human and environmental risks identified in EPA’s September 2020 draft risk assessments. The PID proposes the following measures: Label amendments ...
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Environmental effects of nanoparticles and nanomaterials
Pete and I attended the 6th International Meeting on the Environmental Effects of Nanoparticles and Nanomaterials in London last week. The meeting was organised by the Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) and the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC). Plenary presentations were made across three days, with the first day focussing on chemistry, the second day on ...
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Integral consulting on forefront of emerging guidance for biotech crops
Dr. Peter Jensen of Integral Consulting Inc. participated in an industry-initiated workshop titled “Problem Formulation for Biotechnology Derived Crops and Aquatic Ecosystems” on October 13–15, 2009 at the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Center for Environmental Risk Assessment in Washington, DC.The workshop gathered prominent North American and European experts from industry, ...
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The Environmental Risk Assessment and the Law on Environmental Liability
Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage has been transposed in the Spanish legal order by means of Law 26/2007 of 23 October on Environmental Liability. The purpose of Law 26/2007 is to establish aframework of environmental liability based on the ...
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Mr. Jacoby Brings Extensive Experience in Pesticide Product Registration and Arbitration Issues
Henry M. Jacoby, MS, former Branch Chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Environmental Fate and Ground Water Branch, 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). Mr. Jacoby has over 34 years of experience in assisting pesticide, insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, antimicrobial, wood ...
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ASTM International Chairman Speaks at City College of New York Informational Day
Mary C. McKiel, Ph.D., 2013 chairman of ASTM International’s board of directors, attended an informational day organized by the alumni group of the City College of New York. The audience consisted of undergraduate and graduate students attending the Environmental Site Assessments – Phase II course taught by Angelo Lampousis, Ph.D.. Lampousis is a member of ASTM Committees D18 on Soil ...
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ECHA Report Includes Recommendations for Exposure Assessment and Risk Characterization of Nanomaterials under REACH
On March 26, 2014, SAFENANO announced that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a report entitled Human health and environmental exposure assessment and risk characterisation of nanomaterials: Best practice for REACH registrants. The report summarizes the outcomes of the third (and last) meeting of the Group Assessing Already Registered Nanomaterials (GAARN). The September 30, 2013, ...
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Protecting workers in industries that utilize cobalt and cobalt compounds
Last month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the 14th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). It contained newly reviewed substances that are known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans. Included in this list was the metallic element cobalt and cobalt compounds that release cobalt ions in vivo. According to the National Toxicology Program (NTP), the interagency ...
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