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  • 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

  • New green chems in July

    I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations to the top 7 chemicals that made the list! Why...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008

  • Don't play around with GreenPeace

    There will be no peace for game console manufacturers unless they fully comply to GreenPeace's demand. According to the group's new study "Playing Dirty" , three major electronic manufacturers continue to use chemicals and materials GreenPeace deems hazardous in the game consoles Wii...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-22-2008

  • TV news inflames fire retardant fears

    Last night's evening news on CBS reported the concerns on human exposures to brominated flame retardants especially the chemical Deca, a polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) produced in the US. Deca is also a focus of attention in Europe although a recent study from the European Union indicated...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-20-2008
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