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Trade Group on EPA Chemical Regs: ‘If Everything is a Priority, Then Nothing is a Priority’

As the U.S. House of Representatives considers how far the EPA should go in regulating chemicals used in everyday products, trade groups are cautioning against over-regulation. The ...

November 19, 2009

EPA Orders Pesticides Tested for Hormone Effects

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered the first test for pesticide chemicals to be screened for their potential effects on the endocrine system. Endocrine ...

November 2, 2009

EPA Testing Environmentally Friendly Parking Lot Concepts

In an effort to help reduce pollution runoff from paved parking lots, the Environmental Protection Agency is testing a variety of permeable paving materials ...

October 28, 2009

Hazardous Chemical Evaluation Evolves at HP, S.C. Johnson, Nike

Leading manufacturers are moving beyond simply ensuring that specific hazardous chemicals are absent from their products. Instead, they are going into risk prevention mode, identify all ...

October 19, 2009

Apple, Sony Ericsson Lead in Removing Harmful Chemicals from Electronics

Apple and Sony Ericsson are among the leaders in the electronics industry to move away from using chemicals that can lead to health and environmental problems, ...

October 7, 2009

EPA May Regulate Chemicals in Many Products

Marking a significant overhaul of the country's chemicals policies, which have been in place since 1976, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official outlined the ...

October 2, 2009

EPA May Regulate Plane Deicing Runoff

Airports across the U.S. soon may be forced to take steps to prevent the millions of gallons of airplane wing deicer from reaching waterways, now that ...

September 29, 2009

La Quinta, Shaw Recycle 30 Tons of Carpet

When La Quinta Inns & Suites renovated some hotels recently, it recycled 30 tons of carpet through Shaw Industries, which is reclaiming ...

September 25, 2009

Retailers, Check Your Shorts (or be Bamboozled)

Why would the big bad Federal Trade Commission go after a small business rather than a big retailer for violating consumer protection laws prohibiting false green ...

September 6, 2009

EPA Releases TRI Data in Raw Form

Information about companies' toxic chemical releases is about to become a lot more public. To promote openness and transparency, the Environmental Protection Agency is releasing the ...

August 18, 2009

Chemicals Industry Works Toward Safe Chemicals Management by 2020

Leading global chemical companies, the United Nations, along with other stakeholders, recently met in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the chemical industry's progress to meet its ...

July 31, 2009

EPA Changing the Way it Tests Chemical Toxicity

In a move that could affect how companies approach new product development and risk management, the Environmental Protection Agency has new scientific methods to assess the ...

March 26, 2009

VRTX Inks Deal with Chem-Aqua for Chemical-Free Water Treatment

VRTX Technologies, a water treatment company that specializes in chemical-free treatment for cooling towers and evaporative condensers, has inked a non-exclusive representative agreement with Chem-Aqua, ...

March 18, 2009

Household Cleaning Products Give Nod To Sustainability

Makers of household cleaning products are making more efforts to reduce their impact on the environment, CSRwire reports. Seventh Generation has purchased sustainable palm kernel oil ...

March 17, 2009

Chemical Industry Focuses on Energy Efficiency

Even with a growing recession, the chemical industry is continuing to focus on energy management and efficiency, according to ChemicalProcessing.com. A recent survey by AspenTech of Burlington, Massachusetts finds ...

February 2, 2009

California EPA Releases Green Chemistry Initiative

California's EPA recently released the state's landmark Green Chemistry Initiative (PDF), which focuses on encouraging or mandating manufacturers to develop chemicals that are less poisonous and degrade more quickly in the ...

December 17, 2008

Green Chemistry Means Business

Six months can seem like an eternity. For the traveler on space shuttle traveling from the Earth to Mars. For the aging major league slugger during the typical baseball season. For the child waiting for ...

November 3, 2008

California Passes Green Chemistry Legislation

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed AB 1879 and SB 509, moving California on the path toward a comprehensive green chemistry program to reduce or eliminate hazardous chemicals in products and ...

September 30, 2008

Sacred Heart Medical Center Designed with Green in Mind

The new Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Oregon is touting itself as one of the nation's greenest hospitals. The facility incorporates energy efficiency features and reduces the amount of chemicals ...

August 6, 2008

The Green Chemistry Tipping Point

It seems to have happened overnight. All of a sudden, everyone is talking about sustainability. Everyone is attempting to "go green!" You turn on the radio or the television and within ten minutes you hear ...

July 30, 2008

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