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This is Not a Dream ... Agencies Actually are Reviewing the Cancer Risks of Night Shift Work (UPDATED)

** UPDATE 8/29/2018 ** NTP just released a draft report recommending that "frequent and long term night shift work ... that causes circadian disruption is known to be a human carcinogen " based on human studies. The…

Reach of Consumer Product Chemical Disclosures Set to Expand Significantly with Launch of New EU Database

The European Union (EU) is about to dramatically expand the reach of mandatory chemical disclosure requirements for consumer products. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced recently that it is preparing to…

Science Transparency: Not a New Concept for EPA

"Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions ... The public must be able to trust the science and the scientific process informing public policy decisions." Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt…

EPA Proposes Tanking New "SPCC" for Hazardous Substances Regulation

Reversing course from an Obama-era EPA agreement to initiate a rulemaking to impose spill prevention, countermeasure and control (SPCC) requirements for hazardous substances, EPA announced on June 19th that it believes…

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