Keyword: US Environmental Protection Agency

Chemistry & Life Sciences

Beyond REACh: Nanomaterials in the European Union

27.07.2015 - Companies manufacturing, importing or distributing nanomaterials into the territory of the European Union do not only have to comply with the Registration, Evaluation...

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EPA Says Neonic Seed Treatment No Benefit to Soy

20.10.2014 - An analysis by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded that neonicotinoid (neonic) insectides do not increases soybean yields. The Agency has been reviewing the...

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Syngenta Asks EPA to Lift Thiamethoxam Tolerance Level

16.10.2014 - Swiss agrochemical giant Syngenta has petitioned the US environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to increase the legal tolerance for residues of several crop protection agents...

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Neonic Use Said Dramatically Increasing in US Midwest

31.07.2014 - Neonicotinoids (neonics), the pesticides temporarily banned in Europe in crops attractive to bees, have been found commonly in streams throughout the US Midwest, according to a new...

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EPA Proposes to Replace and Reduce Greenhouse Gases

11.07.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to prohibit the use of certain chemicals that it said "significantly contribute to climate change," where safer, more...

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EPA Identifies Safer Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardants

26.06.2014 - Following earlier action by the EU, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to publish guidelines on safer alternatives to the flame retardants now used in...

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Texas Seeks OK from EPA on Controversial Herbicide for Pigweed

24.06.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency is considering an emergency request by Texas regulators to allow cotton farmers to deploy a controversial herbicide, marking a new front in...

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EPA and Reckitt Benckiser Agree to Cancel Rodenticides

04.06.2014 - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached agreement with consumer chemicals producer Reckitt Benckiser to cancel 12 d-CON mouse and rat poison products that no...