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What's with the chemical hysteria?

The US seems to be intent in pushing a lot of chemical bans this year especially in California. Meanwhile, plastic bag bans are plastered all over the news as well. Joe Acker, president of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA), noted the rampant chemophobia going on in the...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-28-2008
Green marketing 101

Marketers may have to attend Greenwashing seminars and classes if they want to learn the do's and don'ts on how to use green words in their advertisings. All over the world, public advocates are scrutinizing every green word in marketing and advertising and this summer alone found major companies...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-26-2008
China's green revolution

Here's a nice interesting insight from my colleague John Richardson about China's fast track towards becoming the world's leader in clean technologies. If you're an ICIS subscriber ( about ICIS ), you can access the whole article in this link . Or you can also read the unedited somewhat...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-25-2008
Fire retardant ban rose from the ashes

After being dismissed in California's legislation floor last year, the bill AB 706 was again revived although slightly amended in August 4 by its sponsor, Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco). This time, AB 706 does not outrightly proposed a ban on brominated (BFRs) and chlorinated fire retardants...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-18-2008
Shell's UK Ad a greenwash?

Companies nowadays have to be careful in using green words when it comes to advertising, as government agencies are getting complaints from green groups...especially maybe if the advertiser is a big oil firm?? Read this new national advertising in the UK from Shell and let me know which word/s or sentence...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-15-2008
Market loss on phthalates ban

According to this article from ICIS News , the temporary ban of some plasticizer phthalates on kids' products can cause permanent consumption loss in this end-market. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) hold a media web conference yesterday talking about the consequences of the phthalates ban under...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-12-2008
EU climate rules chill sports car makers

An interesting article from Reuters regarding the effects of European carbon trading schemes in sports cars manufacture. Makers of sports car such as Lamborghini, Porsche, Fiat (which also makes Ferrari and Maserati), and Aston Martin are claiming that they should be excluded in the European Union's...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-05-2008
Regulatory news heat up

I received good news that the Green Chemicals blog reached its record-breaking 4,323 readers for the month of July! Thanks for the visit and come back again! (and again and again!!) To get the momentum going, I'll post later this afternoon this week's roundup and the blog's monthly new green...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008
Toxics in scented laundry, air fresheners?

More bad news for consumer products this in time in the laundry market (which has seen its big share of public advocates complaints) as well as air fresheners. A study from the University of Washington (UW) found that chemicals with potential toxicity or health hazards are being used in top selling laundry...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-29-2008
Cosmetic safety in question. Again.

No matter how safe or thoroughly tested cosmetic ingredients are, there's always one (or two or more) that will always be put into question. Just in time for the summer, the Environmental Working Group claimed that out of nearly 1,000 sunscreen products in the US market, four out of five offer inadequate...

Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-28-2008

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