Understanding How Units Can Be Miscommunicated in the Media
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…
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New Skin Notation Profile Focuses on Flavoring Compounds
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…
Product Stewardship and Artificial Christmas Trees
What is Product Stewardship? Product stewardship is the responsibility of managing the health, safety, and environmental aspects of raw materials, intermediates, and consumer products through their life cycle and across…
EPA Final Revised Risk Determination for (PV29) under TSCA
EPA Issues Final Revised Risk Determination for Pigment Violet 29 (PV29) under TSCA The U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final revised risk determination for Pigment Violet 29…
EPA Proposes to Place Two PFAS as Hazardous Under Superfund Law
EPA Proposes to Designate Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Under Superfund Law Following the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap, in a proposed rule published September 6, 2022, EPA…