Chemical Watch

Exposure to crumb rubber chemicals possible but ‘limited’, US agencies say

by Elizabeth Duan | April 18, 2024
A multiagency study in the US has found limited potential for human exposure to chemicals from tire crumbs, concluding an eight-year federal project to examine the safety of recycled crumb rubber used on playgrounds and synthetic turf fields. Kyla Bennett, director of science policy at ...

NGO requests US EPA to mandate pesticide testing, ban those containing PFASs

by PEER | September 28, 2022
Environmental advocates have asked the US EPA to require manufacturers to inspect all Fifra-registered goods for PFASs and then prohibit those containing the persistent compounds. The 26 September letter from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) comes amid increasing ...

US FDA seeks information on fluorinated polyethylene in FCMs

by PEER | July 21, 2022
The FDA has been working closely with the EPA after testing found that certain PFASs can form and leach from some fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers into the pesticide they are storing. The issue arose in September 2020, when the nonprofit group Public Employees for ...

US nonprofit sues to compel disclosure on PFASs in high-density polyethylene containers

by PEER | April 6, 2022
The US nonprofit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has sued the US EPA over its alleged failure to comply with a public records request related to PFAS contamination from fluorinated high-density polyethylene (HDPE) containers. Filed in the US District Court for the ...

NGO faults US EPA for overlooking existing substance toxicity in new chemical reviews

by PEER | December 29, 2021
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) has filed a complaint against the US EPA for allowing onto the market a new substance whose synthesis entails an environmentally beneficial but cancer-causing solvent – a decision the organisation says exemplifies the agency’s ...
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