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California issues draft priority products: polyurethane in foam insulation with isocyanates, chlorinated tris in children’s foam pads, and methylene chloride in paint strippers.
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06 Nov
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OSHA publishes voluntary PELs along with Table Z’s.
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OSHA online toolkit for transitioning to safer substitute chemicals.
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09 Sep
New on line access to EPA chemical information from the Chemical Safety & Pollution Prevention Office.
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California’s Safer Consumer Products Regulation begins.
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National and international challenges to the California Green Chemistry regulation are inevitable.
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15 May
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Review of state toxics policies in lieu of TSCA reform.
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California’s Appellate Court ruled that California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) went too far in basing Prop 65 listing as a “known” carcinogen on the basis of an IARC 2B (possibly carcinogenic to humans) classification for styrene and vinyl acetate. Since Prop 65 represents a blacklist in not only California but also many other states and purchasers who use it for their toxics lists, this is a Big Deal. Obviously for styrene and vinyl acetate (which are building blocks for major polymers) but also for other Prop 65 candidates and blacklisters.
