Keyword: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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EPA Asked to Help Track PFOA in Water

31.03.2016 - The governors of three US states have asked the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help with additional drinking water testing and analysis in communities exposed to...

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US Food Safety Group Sues Department of Agriculture for Withheld GMO Information

09.09.2015 - US food safety advocate group Center for Food Safety (CFS) has sued the US Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), charging that it...

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American Chemical Society Lauds “Green” Bill

12.08.2015 - The American Chemical Society (ACS) has praised the House of Representatives’ passage of legislation seeking to improve federal coordination, dissemination and investment in green...

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DuPont Saddles Chemours With Potential Liabilitie

03.07.2015 - DuPont is said to have burdened its newly listed Performance Chemicals spin-off Chemours with potential liabilities at 171 of its US production sites. Reports said as many as 25...

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US Environmental Group Sues EPA Over Herbicide Approval

21.10.2014 - Close on the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) approval of Dow Chemical's controversial new weed killer Enlist Duo, the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC)...

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DuPont Fined $1.9 Million Over Herbicide Violation

17.09.2014 - US chemical giant DuPont will pay nearly $1.9 million in fines to the US Treasury for its alleged violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The...