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Chemistry World
April 24, 2014
Emma Stoye |
European parliament backs new rules on legal highs New regulations that will make it easier to ban legal highs have been backed by the European parliament.   |
Chemistry World
January 15, 2015
Ned Stafford |
New EU law set to open door to GM crops After nearly five years of debate the European parliament has finally approved a new law that will allow EU nations to restrict or ban the cultivation of GM crops within their borders. |
Chemistry World
June 19, 2014
Ned Stafford |
EU plan to let member states decide on GM The European council of environment ministers would allow member states to go it alone and ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops. |
Chemistry World
November 3, 2015
Ned Stafford |
GM food and feed law falters in EU parliament Both GMO supporters and opponents applauded parliament's rejection of the proposed law. |
Chemistry World
January 3, 2014
Patrick Walter |
EU chemical agency authorizes hazardous chemical use The European Chemicals Agency has granted its first approval to use a substance of very high concern |
This Old House
Jeanne Huber |
Baring All Used with care, chemical strippers peel off old, unwanted paint. But the first, and perhaps biggest, challenge is figuring out which chemical stripper to use. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2013
Andrew Turley |
EPA focuses on five chemicals The US Environmental Protection Agency has released for public comment draft risk assessments of five chemicals found in common household products. |
Chemistry World
April 27, 2015
Ned Stafford |
European parliament refuses to back diversion of research cash Key European parliament committees have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to divert euro 2.7 billion of research funding to help finance a new EU-wide economic stimulus package. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
EU Chemicals Legislation Settled European Union negotiators announced that they had overcome the final hurdles that were holding up new legislation to control the use of chemicals. |
Chemistry World
August 12, 2015
Ned Stafford |
Scotland moves to ban GM crops under EU law The Scottish government has announced that it intends to ban the cultivation of GM crops approved by EU regulatory authorities within its borders. |
This Old House
Joe Hurst-Wajszczuk |
Stripping Painted Furniture Sometimes ugly is only skin deep. Getting under those layers of old paint might reveal a valuable piece of furniture. |
Chemistry World
December 24, 2014
Phillip Broadwith |
EU chemicals regulator scolded over animal testing The European Ombudsman has upheld a complaint made by animal rights group PETA that the European Chemicals Agency is not doing enough to enforce substitution of animal testing. |
Chemistry World
April 10, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Fears free trade agreements will hamstring chemical legislation Language in two separate free trade agreements between North America and Europe that are currently in the pipeline would allow foreign investors to challenge government measures that could harm their profitability. |
Chemistry World
November 27, 2013 |
Reach is a big trade barrier, say US manufacturers The EU's Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals) regulation is the biggest trade obstacle for America's small and medium-sized chemical manufacturers. |
Chemistry World
November 28, 2008
Sean Milmo |
Crunch weekend for Reach chemicals regulation Thousands of companies are expected this weekend to be scrambling to pre-register their chemicals with the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, so that they can continue to sell them in the European Union after a deadline of midnight on Monday. |
Chemistry World
December 13, 2006
Arthur Rogers |
Reach Goes Ahead After last-gasp negotiations between ministers and legislators, the European Parliament today gave the go-ahead to the launch of Reach, the European Union regulatory regime for chemicals. |
Chemistry World
June 25, 2007
Arthur Rogers |
Golden Opportunity to Halt Quicksilver Trade The European Parliament is supporting plans to ban exports of mercury. Politicians hope such a ban would curb hazards in the developing world created by the use of mercury in activities such as wildcat gold mining. |
Chemistry World
June 8, 2010
Sean Milmo |
One in four firms not complying with chemical legislation Inspection data suggests that a quarter of chemical companies have not been complying with European chemicals legislation. |
Chemistry World
February 6, 2013
Andrew Turley |
Reach reviewed: no change required Chemical regulation in the EU is working as it should be, although there is room for improvement in its implementation, according to a long-awaited review from the European commission. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Europe Unveils Strategy To (Finally) Compete With U.S. Tech Titans After multiple lawsuits aimed at U.S. tech titans, the European Union is proposing a unified digital marketplace for companies in all 28 member states that would compete with the likes of Facebook and Google. |
Chemistry World
August 12, 2008 |
Reach Regulator Faces Resource Stretch The process of pre-registration of chemicals under Reach is now accelerating amidst concerns that the Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency, which is responsible for running the EU scheme to regulate the production and use of chemicals, may not have enough resources to do its job properly. |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2008
Sean Milmo |
Reach Chemicals Regulation Hit by Computer Problems The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is still struggling to put its IT system fully into operation more than two weeks after the start of the project's pre-registration period. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Microsoft Speaks Out About EU "Safe Harbor" Policy Earlier this month, the European Union undid its long-standing "Safe Harbor" policy, which allowed foreign tech companies to store data about European users in data centers outside of Europe. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
Google Strikes Back Against Europe's Antitrust Charges Google published a blog post on Thursday responding to the European Commission's claims that some of its practices are anti-competitive. |
Fast Company
John Paul Titlow |
The EU Officially Reveals Its Plan To Reduce Silicon Valley's Power In Europe As part of its ongoing effort to reposition its economy, the European Union just formally unveiled plans to unify its fractured markets and take a more aggressive stance toward U.S. tech companies. |
Chemistry World
June 5, 2013
Phillip Broadwith |
Industry reaches registration deadline The European Chemicals Agency received information on nearly 3000 chemicals that are produced or imported into the EU on scales between 100 and 1000 tons per year, as part of the Reach (registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals) program. |
Pharmaceutical Executive
June 1, 2014 |
Hopes High as EU Heads Into Leadership Change The principal drug industry associations in Europe launched a call in mid-May for "an integrated European industrial policy for the pharmaceuticals sector." |
This Old House
Jefferson Kolle |
Stripped Bare What stands between the Winchester house and new paint? Ten tenacious coats of the old stuff. |
Chemistry World
March 26, 2013
Anthony King |
Lead paint still on sale in Africa Paint containing dangerous amounts of lead is on sale in Cameroon, a study has found. Moreover, the subsidiaries of large multinational companies were among those found to be selling this paint. |
Chemistry World
March 2010 |
Painting the town green As new environmental legislation alters the allowed constituents of paint and varnishes, Sarah Houlton reports on how paint manufacturers are tweaking the contents of their tins |
Chemistry World
August 21, 2007
James Mitchell Crow |
Why Use Lead in Paint? Mattel, the world's biggest toy maker, has recalled millions of toys that were coated with lead paint. Lead's poisonous properties have been known for thousands of years, so why was lead ever added to paint, and why is lead paint still being made? |
