Jeff Stier: Look to Canada for ways to improve the science behind chemical...
Jeff Stier, risk analyst with the National Center for Public Policy Research, offered several interesting insights the other day regarding how chemicals are assessed and managed in different countries...
View Article60+ business groups call on Senate to support fresh, bipartisan TSCA reform
Earlier this summer, key Democratic and Republican Senators re-stated their commitment to create a new, bipartisan approach to updating the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It was a welcome...
View ArticleEmerging theme at this year’s GlobalChem: Partnerships lead to progress
GlobalChem presents a great opportunity to bring industry leaders, the regulatory community and other stakeholders together to discuss the important roles each of us can play to improve how chemicals...
View ArticleTwo more lessons learned from GlobalChem 2013
1. Better Data, Better Decisions One of the major issues raised around the effectiveness of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) centers around the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)...
View ArticleTSCA Work Plan Chemicals Program: What’s working, what more could be done?
EPA is continuing to use the Agency’s existing authority to improve the way chemicals are regulated under TSCA. EPA’s latest approach to conducting targeted risk assessments on priority work plan...
View ArticlePR stunts miss the point on safety
If you read today’s USA Today, you know activists have sprung a ‘new’ campaign to stop America’s top retailers from selling hundreds – even thousands – of the products that families rely on every day,...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Inquirer gets it wrong on EPA’s authority under TSCA
It’s clear that there is broad agreement that it is time to update the primary law that regulates chemicals in commerce, the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). For that to happen, we must be...
View ArticleRe: “Think Those Chemicals Have Been Tested?” in Sunday’s NYT
ACC’s members are serious about their responsibility to produce chemistries that offer important safety, performance and durability benefits and that can be used safely. Our members undertake extensive...
View ArticleA new year, but the same unworkable Safe Chemicals Act
Capitol Hill was a busy place last week. Major issues like the federal budget, gun control and immigration were dominating the headlines. One thing many people may have missed was the introduction of...
View ArticleRe: “A Toothless Law on Toxic Chemicals” in Friday’s NYT (here we go again…)
It happens so often now, maybe we should no longer be appalled at how easily misinformation can become conventional wisdom, or how easily incorrect conventional wisdom can then be treated as fact....
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Visit ReformTSCA.com to learn more about the Chemical Safety Improvement Act
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act Safer. Smarter. Stronger. Learn why the Chemical Safety Improvement Act is the Sensible Solution to TSCA Reform. [Visit ReformTSCA.com | Download Infographic]...
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Chemistry: The cornerstone of our economy
Today ACC released the 2013 Guide to the Business of Chemistry and June’s Chemical Activity Barometer, providing concrete statistics illustrating that this continues to be an exciting and dynamic time...
View ArticleTSCA sections 5 and 14 balance health and environmental protections with...
As 25 bipartisan cosponsors work in the Senate to bring more of their colleagues on board the comprehensive, balanced Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), introduced in May by the late Senator Frank...
View ArticleWhat’s missing from Nick Kristof’s latest column?
What is most striking about Nick Kristof’s latest column about endocrine disruption is what’s missing from it. Granted, one has to know the science and regulatory considerations well enough to see all...
View ArticleACC welcomes calls for renewed action on the bipartisan CSIA
Moms today are some of the smartest, most educated consumers around. They have to be. With so much misguided advice swirling around about which products to buy and which ones to avoid, moms don’t know...
View ArticleHear their stories: TSCA’s big impact on small business [NEW VIDEOS]
Of all U.S. chemical manufacturers impacted by the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 76 percent are small businesses from major metropolitan hubs like Cincinnati, Oh., to smaller towns and cities...
View ArticleHouse zeroes in on TSCA reform “sweet spot” with CSIA hearing
When Jim Jones delivered his keynote remarks at the 2012 Global Chemical Regulations Conference, the acting assistant administrator for EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention said he...
View ArticleAuthors ignore fundamental principles of science in Lancet paper, opt for...
In 2006, two researchers, Philippe Grandjean and Philip Landrigan, conducted a review of existing studies and posited that certain industrial chemicals could contribute to neurobehavioral effects. It...
View ArticleGlobalChem 2014: Spotlight on TSCA reform, chemical risk assessment
It’s a wrap for another successful GlobalChem conference. For more than two decades, this annual meeting has provided a very productive venue for industry leaders, regulators and stakeholders to...
View ArticleLeading Hispanic medical association supports TSCA reform, urges passage of CSIA
A leading organization representing Hispanic physicians has voiced its support for passing the bipartisan Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), calling it “the best chance for achieving reform” of...
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