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EPA requests input on draft risk evaluations for two TSCA chemicals

July 9, 2019

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on draft risk evaluations for two chemical substances that are among the first 10 slated for evaluation for potential health and environmental risks under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, according to a notice published in the July 1 Federal Register.

OSHA should extend PSM standard to onshore drilling, CSB says in new report

June 26, 2019

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Washington — OSHA should apply its Process Safety Management standard to the drilling of onshore oil and gas wells, or – if not – customize it to oil and gas drilling operations or develop a new standard, the Chemical Safety Board recommends in its final report on a deadly January 2018 gas well blowout and rig fire in Oklahoma.

EPA OIG report pinpoints CSB’s top management challenges

June 12, 2019

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Washington — Chemical Safety Board vacancies, expiring member terms and unclear responsibilities are among the challenges “that, if not addressed, may impede [CSB’s] ability to efficiently and effectively achieve its mission or meet its goals,” the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Inspector General states in a new report, issued May 20.

A quick, accurate way to determine if a chemical causes cancer? Researchers say they’ve got one

June 5, 2019

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Boston — A group of researchers from the Boston University schools of medicine and public health has developed what it calls a “fast, accurate and cost-effective approach” to test whether certain chemicals increase people’s cancer risk.

EPA begins risk evaluation prioritization process for 40 chemicals

May 8, 2019

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Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency, in accordance with the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, is seeking public comment on a list of 40 chemicals to prioritize for risk evaluation, according to a notice published in the March 21 Federal Register.

EPA has taken steps to improve timeliness, transparency of chemical assessments, GAO says

May 6, 2019

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Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency has made progress addressing “historical timeliness and transparency challenges” in its Integrated Risk Information System Program’s assessment process, the Government Accountability Office concluded in a recently released report.

Advocacy groups sue EPA over worker exclusion from methylene chloride ban

April 25, 2019

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Washington — A coalition of groups representing worker rights has filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency and Administrator Andrew Wheeler for not including workers in the agency’s final rule banning methylene chloride for consumer use.

‘Chemical Detox for the Workplace’: Advocacy group publishes guide for workers, reps

April 23, 2019

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Washington — A new guide from the Center for Progressive Reform is intended to help workers and their representatives find resources on chemical hazards and then use that information to “achieve a nontoxic workplace.”

Safety Data Sheets for bulk liquid flavorings may be incomplete, study shows

April 2, 2019

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Morgantown, WV — Two potentially hazardous chemicals are missing from the Safety Data Sheets for bulk liquid flavorings, findings from a recent NIOSH Respiratory Health Division study show.

CSB calls for inspections of heat exchangers in report on Mississippi gas plant explosion

February 20, 2019

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Washington — Extending the life cycle of heat exchangers at the more than 500 gas processing facilities across the country “requires more robust inspection protocols,” the Chemical Safety Board has concluded after its investigation of a July 2016 series of explosions and fires at a plant in Pascagoula, MS.

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