Government of Sweden investigates how to consider chemicals’ ‘cocktail effects’ and regulate similar substances in groups within EU chemicals legislation
April 4, 2018
Focus on PFASs
Ensia article summarizes environmental and health concerns about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, addresses controversial substitution of long-chain PFASs with short-chain alternatives
March 28, 2018
Replacing hazardous chemicals with similarly toxic alternatives
New report by NGO CHEM Trust highlights necessity to regulate groups of similar chemicals to avoid regrettable substitutions, illustrates replacement of BPA with BPS and other analogues as example
March 22, 2018
Washington State bans PFASs in food packaging
Governor of U.S. state Washington signs bill into law banning the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in food packaging by 2022 if alternatives can be found by 2020
March 21, 2018
Influence of consumer and retailer demands
U.S. state regulations, consumer and retailer actions on chemicals in food packaging more effective than FDA regulation, according to experts at Chemical Watch conference
March 12, 2018
Discussing future management of chemicals and waste
Swedish Chemicals Agency and UN Environment Programme host international conference on new strategy for chemicals and waste beyond 2020, March 13-15, 2018 in Solna, Sweden
March 7, 2018
Helping retailers phase-out harmful chemicals
Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families targets methylene chloride, PFASs, ortho-phthalates for 2018 ranking of retailers’ progress in removing toxic chemicals from products
March 1, 2018
Report: Chemicals for a sustainable future
New report by European Environment Agency discusses future developments needed to attain sustainable chemistry
February 15, 2018
Webinar on retailers’ safer chemicals policies
Chemical Watch holds webinar on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ annual ranking of retailers’ actions to reduce toxic chemicals in their products, February 23, 2018
November 23, 2017
New Danish initiative to reduce toxic chemicals
Danish government grants €38.3 mio to initiative aiming to eliminate harmful chemicals such as endocrine disruptors from consumer products and food, running 2018-2021