Pesticides/Toxic Chemical environment, alternative energy and green news, statistics and reports updated hourly http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:08:26 +0100 http://http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/images/rss.gif http://http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com The feed is managed/created by GreenEnvironmentNews.com (http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com). http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Takes+Action+to+Reduce+Exposure+to+TCE+in+Art+and+Crafts+Spray+Fixatives WASHINGTON - After the E.P.A.'s (EPA) assessment of trichloroethylene or TCE showed risk, the sole manufacturer of a fixative product using TCE voluntarily withdrew it from the marketplace. The E.P.A. is now taking action to ensure no other manufacturers including importers enter the marketplace before E.P.A. has the opportunity to prohibit or limit these uses. "EPA commends PLZ Aeroscience Corporation for removing TCE from its arts and crafts spray fixative product," said J... Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/EPA%26%238217%3Bs+Safer+Choice+plan+encourages+better+decisions+when+choosing+spring+cleaning+products PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2015) - The snow is gone and temperatures are rising. That means it is time for spring cleaning, and the E.P.A. through its Safer Choice plan this spring is encouraging consumers to look for cleaning products that will protect public health and the environment. "EPA's Safer Choice plan helps consumers find products that are productive and contain ingredients that are safer," said E.P.A. Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator Shawn M. Garvin. "Prod... Thu, 24 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Takes+Strong+Steps+to+Prevent+Poisonings+and+Protect+Workers+from+Paraquat WASHINGTON-The E.P.A. (EPA) is proposing to take action to stop poisonings caused by accidental ingestion of the herbicide paraquat, which can also cause severe injuries or death from skin or eye exposure. "We are taking tough steps to prevent people from accidentally drinking paraquat and to ensure these tragic deaths become a thing of the past," said Jim Jones, assistant administrator for the office of chemical safety and pollution prevention. "We are also putting safety m... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Issues+Outline+Risk+Assessment+for+Chemical+used+in+Spray+Adhesives%2C+Dry+Cleaning+and+Degreasing+%2FAssessment+indicates+risks+to+workers+and+consumers WASHINGTON - Today, the U. S. E.P.A. (EPA) released for public review and peer review a outline risk assessment for 1-Bromopropane (1-BP) used in spray adhesives, dry cleaning (including spot cleaners) applications, and degreasing uses. "This outline assessment will provide workers and consumers with critical information about the risks associated with using 1-BP in these applications," said Jim Jones assistant administrator for the office of chemical safety and pollution pr... Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Issues+2014+Toxic+Release+Inventory+data+for+Nevada SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the E.P.A. released its yearly Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report that showed that the majority of toxic chemicals managed at industrial facilities in the U.S. increased as a result of production, while delivers into the environment decreased. The trend showing a decrease in delivers to the environment is attributed to an increase in recycling rates. A total of 134 Nevada facilities reported 496.4 million pounds of production-related toxic chemicals... Thu, 21 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Issues+2014+Toxic+Release+Inventory+data+for+Arizona SAN FRANCISCO - Today, the E.P.A. released its yearly Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report that showed that the majority of toxic chemicals managed at industrial facilities in the U.S. increased as a result of production, while delivers into the environment decreased. The trend showing a decrease in delivers to the environment is attributed to an increase in recycling rates. A total of 271 Arizona facilities reported 129.8 million pounds of production-related toxic chemical... Thu, 21 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/Federal+Agencies+Partner+to+Launch+the+Transform+Tox+Testing+Challenge+to+Enhance+Chemical+Screening Up to $1 million to be distributed among winning submissions WASHINGTON - Today, the E.P.A. (EPA) and the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and NIH's National Toxicology Plan (NTP) within the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) are announcing a new challenge that will award up to $1 million to enhance the relevance and predictivity of data generated from automated chemical screeni... Fri, 08 Jan 2016 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Now+Accepting+Applications+for+the+2016+Safer+Choice+Partner+of+the+Year+Awards WASHINGTON -The E.P.A. (EPA) is accepting applications through January 29, 2016, for its 2nd yearly Safer Choice Partner of the Year Awards. "Safer Choice partners and award winners have shown that safer products are good for the health of our families, the environment, and business," said E.P.A. assistant administrator Jim Jones. "We look forward to recognizing the next group of award winners who have innovated and promoted the use of Safer Choice products." Award ... Thu, 19 Nov 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Lead+Poisoning+Prevention+Week%3A+Learn+how+to+protect+your+home+and+family (Denver, Colo.-- October 26, 2015) Lead poisoning is the number one environmental health threat in the U.S. for children under the age of seven. The long-term effects of lead exposure to a child can be severe and may include learning disabilities, decreased growth, behavior problems, impaired hearing, and even brain damage. Preg... Mon, 26 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+and+DPNR+Declare+Free+Conference+on+How+to+Reduce+Pesticides+at+Public+Conference+in+Saint+Thomas%2C+USVI (New York, N.Y.) The E.P.A. and The Virgin Islands' Department of Planning and Natural Resources will host a conference on Wednesday, November 18, at the Charles W. Turnbull Regional Library on Saint Thomas to educate hotel owners, hospitality workers, pesticide applicators, business operators and the general public on how they can reduce the use of pesticides. The conference will feature pest control experts who will share ways to address pests with fewer or less toxic chemicals, as wel... Tue, 20 Oct 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Finalizes+Project+to+Protect+Drinking+Water+in+Corozal%2C+P.R.%3B+%243+Million+Spent+to+Date (New York, N.Y.) The E.P.A. has finalized a project to use natural processes along with the continued use of a system that E.P.A. had already installed to treat contaminated groundwater at the Corozal Well Superfund Location in Corozal, Puerto Rico. Previously, the E.P.A. installed a system that uses carbon to address pollutants as an initial step to address the risks posed by people drinking contaminated groundwater. Data collected since E.P.A. installed the system confirms th... Wed, 30 Sep 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Will+Remove+Contaminated+Soil+at+Ithaca+Falls+Creek+Gorge%2C+N.Y. (New York, N.Y) The E.P.A. will remove lead contaminated soil this month at a property between the base of a cliff wall and a walkway at the Falls Creek Gorge in Ithaca, N.Y. The E.P.A. collected samples of soil at the location in May and July after receiving requests from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the City of Ithaca. The city and state wanted the sampling because they project to enhance the public access area to the park at the b... Wed, 09 Sep 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/-+Correction+07%2F16%2F2015%3A+E.P.A.+Recognizes+Winners+of+the+20th+Yearly+Presidential+Green+Chemistry+Challenge+Awards%2FInnovative+technologies+tackle+climate+change%2C+water%2C+and+chemical+issues WASHINGTON -The E.P.A. (EPA) is recognizing landmark green chemistry technologies developed by industrial pioneers and leading scientists that turn climate risk and other environmental problems into business opportunities, spurring innovation and economic development. "From academia to business, we congratulate those who bring innovative solutions that will help solve some of the most critical environmental problems," said Jim Jones, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Chemica... Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Suggests+to+Cancel+Some+Uses+of+an+Insecticide+Commonly+Used+for+Residential%2C+Industrial+and+Commercial+Purposes%2FThe+agency+found+unacceptable+risks+to+human+health+when+sprayed+indoors WASHINGTON -- The E.P.A. (EPA) is proposing to cancel certain uses of the insecticide propoxur after preliminary human health assessment found risks from certain applications. "Today, we are taking strong steps to protect human health-especially the health of children-from this widely used insecticide," said Jim Jones, assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. "The agency will continue its work to reduce exposure from pesticides that... Wed, 01 Jul 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Looks+for+Input+on+Modernizing+the+Risk+Management+Project+%28RMP%29+Rule WASHINGTON - The E.P.A. (EPA) invites small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. This panel will focus on the Agency's development of a rule that suggests to modify the current Risk Management Project (RMP) regulation to reduce the likelihood of accidental delivers of toxic and flammable substances at chemical facilities, and enhance emergency response when t... Fri, 19 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Uses+Cutting-Edge+Technology+to+Evaluate+Chemicals+for+Human+Hormone+Impacts%2FNew+technology+allows+faster+and+less+costly+screening WASHINGTON-- E.P.A. is proposing to use ground-breaking tools developed in the ToxCast plan to enhance testing for chemicals that have the potential to disrupt hormone function in the human body. E.P.A. uses automated chemical screening technologies to rapidly and simultaneously perform tests on thousands of chemicals and feed the results into computational models to predict hormone-related, endocrine activity. Some of these automated chemical screenings have been performed ... Thu, 18 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Chooses+3+Universities+to+Help+Find+New+Uses+for+Toxics+Data WASHINGTON -- The E.P.A. (EPA) announced today its selection of academic partners for the 2015 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) University Challenge, a plan designed to increase public awareness and use of data on industrial delivers of toxic chemicals in communities. This year's academic partners are the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and Mercyhurst University. "For in excess of 25 years, the TRI Plan has gathe... Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Looks+for+Input+for+Potential+Rule+Banning+or+Restricting+the+Use+of+N-Methylpyrrolidone+%28NMP%29+and+Methylene+Chloride+for+Use+in+Paint+and+Coating+Removal WASHINGTON -- The E.P.A. (EPA) is seeking nominations from individuals who represent small businesses, small governments, and small not-for-profit organizations to provide input to a federal panel that will explore risk reduction in the use of NMP and methylene chloride for paint or coating removal. This panel will focus on the agency's development of a suggested rule to reduce the risk of NMP and methylene chloride in paint and coating removal as appropriate to reduce risks... Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Looks+for+Input+for+Potential+Rule+Banning+or+Restricting+the+Use+of+Trichloroethylene+%28TCE%29+as+a+Commercial+Degreaser%2C+Spotting+Agent+in+Dry+Cleaning%2C+and+in+Certain+Consumer+Products WASHINGTON -- The E.P.A. (EPA) is seeking nominations from individuals who represent small businesses, small governments, and small not-for-profit organizations to provide input to a federal panel that will explore risk reduction in the use of Trichloroethylene (TCE). This panel will focus on the agency's development of a suggested rule to reduce the risks resulting from the use of TCE as a commercial degreaser, as a spotting agent in dry cleaning, and in certain consumer pr... Mon, 30 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.greenenvironmentnews.com/Environment/Pesticides%2FToxic+Chemicals/E.P.A.+Suggests+Reporting+and+Record+Keeping+Requirements+on+Nanoscale+Materials+in+the+Marketplace%2FFor+the+1st+time+the+agency+will+use+TSCA+authority+to+collect+health+and+safety+information+on+nanoscale+chemicals+already+in+use WASHINGTON D.C., - The E.P.A. (EPA) is proposing one-time reporting and recordkeeping requirements on nanoscale chemical substances in the marketplace. "Nanotechnology holds great promise for improving products, from TVs and vehicles to batteries and solar panels," said Jim Jones, EPA's Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. "We want to continue to facilitate the trend toward this important technology. Today's action will ensure that E.P.A. als... Wed, 25 Mar 2015 07:00:00 +0100