Tag: EPA

U.S. EPA Issues Final Standard for Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Programs

Jon Redmond /August 14, 2024

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

Jon Redmond /April 4, 2024

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

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…

Understanding How Units Can Be Miscommunicated in the Media

Jon Redmond /February 6, 2023

Most people are familiar with every day units and likely do unit conversions without even thinking about it, such as feet to inches, or cups to ounces. More complex conversions…

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…