Tag: chemicals

Two States Take Steps to Ban PFAS Following US EPA Publishing of Final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS

Jon Redmond /March 19, 2024

Rule Summary for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Late last year, on October 11, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting…

RHP’s Ashish Jachak Attends 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) Conference: Highlights Regulatory Landscape of Forever Chemicals and Use of Exposures and Hazards to Guide Smarter Polymers

Jon Redmond /February 29, 2024

What I heard at the 2023 Society of Risk Analysis (SRA) conference in Washington, D.C. TSCA and Cumulative Risk Assessment (CRA) of Phthalates Kelsey Hendrixson (Noblis) presented a new draft…

Cannabis Legislation Taking Effect in 2024 Includes Focus on Worker Safety and Employment Discrimination

Jon Redmond /January 8, 2024

The turn of the New Year has put new legislation into effect for the cannabis industry. Ohio joins 23 other states (and Washington D.C.) that have authorized cannabis for adult use,…

New Skin Notation Profile Focuses on Flavoring Compounds

Jon Redmond /January 11, 2023

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published a new skin notation profile for the flavoring compound diacetyl and its substitute, 2,3-pentanedione and other various chemicals. In the profile…

Changes within the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)

Jon Redmond /September 19, 2022

Changes within the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) – Perrin Conferences National Asbestos Conference Ben Heckman, CIH, MPH moderated a panel of experts on the changes within TSCA last week…

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