Tag: chemicals

Is a workplace exposure behind your employees asthma? OSHA work-related asthma fact sheet. RHP Risk Management.

OSHA Work-Related Asthma Fact Sheet Highlights Workplace Exposures Employers Should Evaluate

Jon Redmond /October 20, 2026

OSHA has published an updated fact sheet on work-related asthma, naming the chemicals, dusts and occupations linked to increased respiratory risk. Here is what employers should evaluate, and how RHP Risk Management can help.

Methylene Chloride Ruling Highlights Why Chemical Risk Must Be Evaluated in Context

Jon Redmond /September 29, 2026

A Fifth Circuit ruling vacating EPA’s 2024 methylene chloride rule underscores a broader principle: identifying a chemical hazard is only the first step. How a chemical is used, who is exposed, and whether controls are effective determine actual risk.

Read-Across Is No Longer Optional: Why It Is Becoming Central to Modern Chemical Safety Assessment

Jon Redmond /September 8, 2026

Toxicology | Regulatory Insight Read-across has evolved from a data-gap-filling exercise into the framework that integrates NAMs, exposure science, and toxicokinetics to support modern risk assessment decisions. For years, read-across,…

FDA Adds Bemotrizinol to Sunscreen Monograph

Jon Redmond /September 1, 2026

Product Safety | Regulatory Insight For the first time since the late 1990s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a new active ingredient to the over-the-counter (OTC)…

EPA, OSHA and OMB urged to establish federal framework for worker chemical safety

EPA, OSHA, and OMB Urged to Establish Federal Framework for Worker Chemical Safety

Jon Redmond /August 28, 2026

A coalition of 75 organizations has urged EPA, OSHA, and OMB to establish a single federal framework for worker chemical safety under TSCA Section 9. RHP examines what effective coordination should look like — and why the draft oDCB/pDCB risk evaluations make it urgent.