Understanding Hazard vs Risk in the Media: Girl Scout Cookies
In recent years, public concern has grown over the presence of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, and arsenic in everyday foods, including some popular snacks and baked goods. When…
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RHP’s Ashish Jachak, PhD, MBA Presents at 2025 Society of Toxicology Conference
RHP Risk Management’s Ashish Jachak, PhD, MBA, presented at the 2025 Society of Toxicology (SOT) conference in Orlando, FL. The SOT conference is attended by leading toxicologists, researchers, and industry…
U.S. EPA Issues Final Standard for Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Programs
After consideration of public comments to the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard (88 FR 78017, November 14, 2023 (FRL-115180-01)), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued…
RHP’s Ashish Jachak and Frank Pagone Attend 2024 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Annual Meeting
At the Society of Toxicology (SOT) 63rd Annual Meeting we heard about the latest and greatest of science and technology in the field of chemical, regulatory, and academia toxicology while…
Two States Take Steps to Ban PFAS Following US EPA Publishing of Final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS
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…