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EPA Takes Action on Chemicals, Asbestos

14.06.2018 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has now released for public comment the first 10 problem formulation documents under the newly revised Toxic Substances Control Act...

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EPA to ban Methylene Chloride in Paint Strippers

16.05.2018 - In an unusual about-face, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has indicated it will follow through on an Obama-era legislative proposal – in this case banning paint...

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Environmentalists Sue EPA Over Clean Air Changes

29.03.2018 - US environmental advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit in the Federal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia seeking to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from...

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EPA Says Neonics Seriously Threaten Birds

04.01.2018 - Multiple scientific assessments released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the end of 2017 are said to show that commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics)...

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NGOs sue US Chemical Safety Board

02.01.2018 - Led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, several non-profit organizations are suing the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for omissions on emissions – more...

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EPA Delays Some of TSCA’s Restrictions

21.12.2017 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under its new administrator Scott Pruitt has made another surprise announcement overturning a consensus found before he took office. In...

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Potential EPA Chemical Safety Head Withdraws

18.12.2017 - At the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the waters continue choppy, due not least to the many legislative rollback plans announced by current administrator, Scott Pruitt...

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Senate Confirms Chemicals Lawyer for EPA

17.11.2017 - US president, Donald Trump, has engaged a new executor for his drive to reverse key environmental legislation implemented under his predecessor, Barack Obama. Just as the world...