05.09.2017
- The European Parliament (EP) has approved new rules to protect workers from carcinogens and mutagens in the workplace, with the aim of saving up to 100,000 lives over the next 50...
16.03.2017
- The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for risk assessment, RAC, has cleared the chemical compound glyphosate – the active ingredient in herbicides such as Monsanto’s...
05.12.2016
- The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the first ten chemicals it plans to evaluate for potential risks to human health and the environment under the amended...
09.06.2016
- As DuPont and its spin-off Chemours continue to face lawsuits from US residents claiming health damage from discharges into water of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), the chemical...
06.05.2016
- The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will reopen its evaluation of the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA) on the immune system in light of fresh scientific evidence...
27.04.2016
- Concerns over exposure to the controversial chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C8) are now washing up on European shores. Residents living near a former DuPont facility at...
