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Chemical manufacturing

OSHA Renews Alliance with American Chemistry Council

By Guy Burdick, EHS Daily Advisor Oct 6, 2020 Chemicals

Updated: Oct 6, 2020

On September 30, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the renewal of its alliance with the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to protect the safety and health of workers handling diisocyanates, a compound used to make polyurethane. The agency first signed its alliance with the ACC’s Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) and Diisocyanates […]

Chemicals, laboratory

The Differing Views on EPA’s Approach to Chemical Conditions of Use

By William C. Schillaci Aug 31, 2018 Chemicals

Updated: Aug 31, 2018

After the EPA extended the public comment period on its problem formulation documents for the first 10 chemicals that will receive risk evaluations under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), major stakeholders provided radically divergent views of both the documents and the EPA’s approach to developing them.