On November 23, 2011 the EPA issued a letter partially granting a petition from the environmental group Earthjustice requesting disclosure and evaluation of the fluids and chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Earthjustice had submitted the petition in August 2011 on behalf of more than 100 public health, environmental, [...]
Archive for the ‘Toxic Substances Control Act’ Category
9 Jun
EPA Chips Away at Confidential Business Information
You can now know precisely which chemicals were administered to which laboratory rats and rabbits! In what they are calling an “unprecedented” action, the EPA yesterday announced that they have made public the identities of more than 150 previously confidential chemicals mentioned in 100+ health and safety studies. Under Section 8(e) of the Toxic Substances [...]
18 Jan
Nanomaterials: More Than a Nano-Threat?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH, a part of the Centers for Disease Control) will be accepting comments until February 18, 2011, on its draft “Current Intelligence Bulletin” regarding occupational exposure to carbon nanotubes and nanofibers.* Though, as the bulletin reports, there are currently no reported “adverse health effects in workers producing [...]
