The USDA has less than a year to release its proposed rule (due in July, 2018) outlining its Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard that will require labelling of bioengineered foods and food containing bioengineered ingredients. The USDA announced in November that they have withdrawn its proposed rule to update regulation of genetically engineered crops after feedback received from stakeholders during the comment period.
Read MoreAs a result of the update, all members in a joint submission will now have access to an overview of the data (Annexes VI-X) in their most recent, successful submission.
Read MoreDr. Jo Anne Shatkin is looking forward to hosting a booth at EcoPro 2017 - International Exhibition on Environment and Energy from December 7th-9th, 2017 at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center).
Read MoreThe EPA is reviewing 10 chemicals and the hazards they may pose to human and environmental health to see if additional regulation for the chemicals is needed
Read MoreRetailors have until January 2019 to sell their current inventory before San Francisco's law goes into effect.
Read MoreEngineers at Brigham Young University have now created a smartfoam using nickel nano-particles which replaces the standard foam inside helmets and pads to more accurately measure the impact energy and velocity of hits taken by players within 90% accuracy.
Read MoreAs Health Safety and Environment Theme Co-chair, please accept my invitation to submit an abstract about your work on safety for the 2018 TAPPI International Nanotechnology Conference for Renewable Materials!
Read MoreThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a one-pager entitled “NIOSH Engineering Controls Program” which summarizes the recent activities of the program and reviews the program priorities regarding silica exposure in U.S. highway production.
Read MoreThe Department of Energy (DOE) awarded AVAPCO (a company of American Process, Inc.), BYOGY Renewables, and Petron Scientech $3.7 million dollars this month to fund phase one of the ABBA project which will “co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus® nanocellulose from woody biomass”.
Read MoreThe Toolbox provides useful tools such as test methods, datasets, models, guidance documents, decision trees, etc., which are available to regulators and others in context of REACH.
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