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  • The rise and fall of mercury

    The use of mercury could slowly die out as Europe and the US recently passed a ban to export one of the most infamous element in chemical history. Yesterday, the US Congress approved the Mercury Market Minimization Act of 2008 , which would ban the export of elemental mercury, prohibit federal agencies...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-30-2008

  • Regulatory and sustainability in cosmetics

    On the second day of the HBA cosmetic show in New York City as I attended some presentations on their third annual regulatory summit, the buzzwords that frequently circulated throughout the program were green, California, bisphenol-A, phthalates, REACH , consumer advocacy groups, organic, certification...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-11-2008

  • E-waste export ban introduced

    A bill banning the export of electronic waste to developing nations was introduced last week in Congress by Environment and Hazardous Materials subcommittee chairman Gene Green (D-Texas), and Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.), a member of the Congressional E-waste Working Group. The H.RES.1395 resolution...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-04-2008

  • EPA gets pesticide lawsuit

    I wonder how many lawsuits the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) gets each week? I just got this press release from the group Earthjustice, and they, among a coalition of farmworkers, public health, and environmental groups, filed a lawsuit today against the EPA to stop the use of organochlorine...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-24-2008
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