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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

  • Plastic bag fuss on West Coast

    A lot of plastic news happening in the West Coast particularly in Seattle and Los Angeles that I did not have the time to talk about last week. According to several news sources, the city council of Los Angeles, California, voted a resolution on July 22 to ban all plastic bags from retail stores starting...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-12-2008

  • 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

  • EU bans seal furs

    I admit this news is not greatly connected to the chemical industry (except maybe a slight demand decline for dyes and other textile materials) but I can't resist posting it. The Fur Institute of Canada (FIC) is bristling at yesterday's European Union proposal to ban the import of seal products...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-24-2008

  • US offshore drilling un-banned

    Just saw this news from ICIS that President Bush is lifting an executive ban on offshore drilling that has long stood since his dad was president. The presidential offshore development ban was put in place by the first President Bush in 1990 while Congress also banned oil and gas drilling off the US...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-14-2008

  • California hard on water softeners

    Water softeners are expected to soon be banned in California , according to the Water Quality Association (WQA). The bill will not only costs homeowners sums of money, WQA said, but will also have the potential to drive up illegal water softener sales and installation that do not have greener softening...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008
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