A very intense and challenging piece you might want to ponder as you think about what “sustainability” means (hang in there for the last half of the article): Confessions of a Recovering Environmentalist by Paul Kingsnorth Like all of us, I am a foot soldier of empire. It is the empire of Homo sapiens sapiens [...]
Archive for December, 2011
What Sustainability Means continued
Posted in Sustainability, tagged Sustainability on December 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
REACH: 20 More SVHC
Posted in REACH, tagged EHS Strategies Inc., REACH, SVHC on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ECHA has added 20 more chemicals to the Substances of High Concern (SVHC) list: more lead, chromate and arsenic compounds, phenolphthalein, dichloromethylenedianiline, BCME, EDC, anisidine, technical MDA, refractory ceramics and more. The full list of SVHC is here For these newly listed chemicals European importers and manufacturers must inform their downstream industrial users and respond [...]
TSCA CDR News
Posted in TSCA, tagged CDR, IUR, TSCA on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
EPA has released a total of 4 out of 7 planned training modules here for the Chemical Data Reporting (CDR, formerly IUR) rule. The fourth module tells you how to register for CDX – the online reporting tool – for CDR. Each individual who will be filing information on a chemical for a company must [...]
REACH: ECHA Website Revised
Posted in REACH, tagged REACH on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ECHA has revamped its website to make it more “intuitive.” Not so sure. Check out the new Guidance on REACH and CLP page. They’ve changed some links if you’ve bookmarked items, so beware. Ones I use that have changed (I’m sure there are more): Nutshell Guidance Navigator Candidate List Substances in Articles Also, stay tuned [...]
REACH Enforcement Report
Posted in REACH, tagged REACH on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
20% noncompliance was reported by ECHA for April-May for 800 companies. Problems: no pre-registration or registration of manufactured or imported chemicals incorrect information on the pre-registration SDS were missing entirely SDS were in the wrong format or languages Enforcement ranged from “blame and shame” to administrative orders to fines and 3 criminal complaints. REACH is [...]
