Chemical Safety Regulations

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Teflon Recycler Copes with PFAS Spill

May 11, 2022

A Kentucky town is still dealing with the fallout over a spill of “forever chemicals” three years after it was first ...

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EPA Penalizes Blender Over Pollution Reports

March 23, 2022

Lubricant producer Champion Brands LLC was slapped with a $130,243 fee by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...

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Japan Flags Two Chemicals

October 22, 2021

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a report last month flagging concerns about seven chemicals, i ...

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EPA Seeks Input on Two Additives

April 21, 2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is asking for additional public input on final rules for five chemical ...

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OSHA Floats Changes to Labeling Rules

March 24, 2021

United States regulators are proposing changes in hazardous materials labeling billed as aligning with global protocols ...

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ECHA Starts 2021 HazMat Consultation

March 23, 2021

The European Chemicals Agency started public consultation March 9 on eight proposed substances proposed for designation ...

Prohibited Chemical Allowed in Lubes

Prohibited Chemical Allowed in Lubes

January 6, 2021

The United States Environmental Protection Agency last month excluded the lubricant industry from a new prohibition on p ...

PEC Deemed Reasonable for Cutting Oils

PEC Deemed Reasonable for Cutting Oils

December 16, 2020

The United States Environmental Protection Agency concluded Monday that perchloroethylene does not pose an unreasonable ...

More Changes for Metalworking?

More Changes for Metalworking?

October 1, 2020

Some formulators are watching nervously as the United States Environmental Protection Agency reviews the safety of a wid ...

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EPA Evaluates Antiwear Agent

September 16, 2020

A chemical used as an antiwear additive in aviation turbine oils was among 20 chemicals listed by the United States Envi ...

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Localities Faulted for Response to Rouen Fire

June 8, 2020

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lu ...

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The Whats What of Waste

August 19, 2019

Leftover product often clings to the insides of industrial containers after theyve been drained. Definitions of empty va ...

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A Thinning Slate of Thickeners?

May 27, 2014

As greasemakers eye the next round of EU chemical registrations, some may need to weed out specialty products that dont ...