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New EPA Changes to Workplace Safety

Just last year, the EPA proposed a significant new use rule (SNUR), which was greatly criticized for falling short of a complete and long overdue ban on asbestos. Once fundamental for making industrial equipment fireproof and sustainable, research has revealed this mineral is responsible for up to 15,000 deaths per…
Alex Milan
05/28/19
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

ECHA Applies Bandage to Brexit

The Backstory With Great Britain’s exit from the European Union scheduled to occur on March 29 this month, this so-called Brexit event looms large for those doing business in the UK or EU. Will a trade deal between the UK and EU finally be reached? Will existing REACH chemical registrations…
Alex Milan
03/11/19
Compliance & Regulatory NewsGHS

Canada to Amend Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations

The Backstory Canada has been restricting the manufacture and import of toxic substances under its Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations for years, including various flame retardant and perfluorinated compounds thought to cause hormone disruption or cancer. What’s Changing Flame retardants and perfluorinated compounds currently prohibited from manufacture/import under the…
Alex Milan
02/26/19