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WARNING: New Proposition 65 Amendments Go Into Effect August 30
We are seven weeks away from the California Proposition 65 amendments adopted in 2016 going into full effect, including substantial changes to the wording and format for providing warnings, new guidance on providing…
EU Chemical Inspectors to Focus on Internet Product Sales, Hexavalent Chromium
Thousands of companies that sell chemical products online should pay close attention to a new EU enforcement initiative aimed at the apparent widespread failure to disclose health and safety hazard information to…
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…
California Acts to Decaffeinate Cancer Warnings for Coffee
Responding quickly to a landmark court ruling requiring coffee sold in the state to bear a Proposition 65 warning label, California has initiated a proposed rulemaking to clarify that exposure to acrylamide and other…
EPA Releases Scoping Documents for Risk Evaluation of First 10 Chemicals Under "New TSCA"
EPA released on June 1 the "problem formulation" documents for the first 10 chemicals for which risk evaluations are being conducted under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). (See:…