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  • Canada bans BPA-contained baby bottles

    Canada's soon-to-enact BPA ban in baby bottles is another sign that maybe polycarbonate bottle manufacturers should look for alternatives now. The Government of Canada announced yesterday that it will immediately draft a regulation banning the importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 10-20-2008

  • 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

  • Green Canadian cash now available

    The government of Alberta, Canada said yesterday that it is appropriating a total of C$4bn ($3.92bn) to reduce the province's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). A C$2bn fund will be invested in carbon capture and storage projects while the rest will go to public transit investments to reduce vehicle...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-09-2008

  • Carbon tax pains now in Canada

    Should consumers directly pay for fossil fuel-based carbon emissions? Some Canadian officials seem to think so as drivers in British Columbia is now greeted with the tax with some gasoline stations raising their gasoline prices to cover the tax costs, according to Reuters . Utilities, public transportation...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-03-2008

  • Plight of the Canadian ducks

    The recent Canadian ducks' death need to be avenged and not just by mere apologies. Greenpeace Canada says big oil players are ducking (sorry, just can't help it!) their responsibility in the deaths of more than 500 migratory birds because of their oil sands project in Alberta. The project's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 05-06-2008

  • BPA ban heats up

    Health Canada's decision last Friday (April 18) to possibly ban polycarbonate plastic baby bottles because of bisphenol A's (BPA) safety issues drove a flurry of announcements from consumer product manufacturers to phase out the use of BPA-contained plastic baby products and for retailers to...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-21-2008
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