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Chemical Regulatory Updates in Taiwan

06.03.2014 - Registration And Safety - Revision of the Toxic Chemical Substance Control Act (TCSCA) in Taiwan has attracted attention from the chemical industry recently because a new REACH...

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Bayer Applies for U.S. Approval of Soybean Disease Seed Treatment

03.03.2014 - Bayer CropScience has submitted an application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for registration of its ILeVO seed treatment to protect soybean seeds from the soil...

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EPA Implements Rules for Farm Worker Pesticide Exposure

25.02.2014 - Following what it said was a decade of stakeholder input across the agricultural community, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced proposed revisions to the...

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Sierra Club Sues U.S. Army Over Keystone Pipeline

13.02.2014 - U.S. conservation group Sierra Club has filed suit against the U.S. Army Corps in a San Francisco, California, federal court. It charges that the Corps has wrongly withheld records...

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W.R Grace Pays U.S. $63 Million in Hazardous Waste Case

07.02.2014 - As part of its bankruptcy reorganization plan, U.S. speciality chemical producer W.R. Grace has paid the U.S. government more than $63 million to resolve claims for hazardous waste...

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U.S. EPA Unlikely To Step Up Fracking Enforcement Efforts For Now

09.01.2014 - Federal regulators are unlikely to step up enforcement of potential water contamination cases linked to natural gas drilling - despite new concerns about water safety - given a...

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U.S. EPA Makes Chemical Screening Data Accessible

02.01.2014 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released chemical screening data accessible through its new interactive Chemical Safety for Sustainability (ICSS) Dashboard. "EPA...

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EPA Adds Nine Sites to Superfund List

17.12.2013 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has added nine hazardous waste sites to its National Priorities List of Superfund sites - those that pose the most complex and...