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That same campaign to undermine truth and mislead the public has infected the politically-appointed leadership of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – as disgraced, former Administrator Scott Pruitt and a cast of industry insiders have taken aim at the very research and science that undergirds many of America’s most fundamental public health and environmental protections.
Among their more brazen attempts to unleash polluters is the proposed “censored science” rule the EPA continues to push forward. It would effectively bar the agency from using high-quality scientific studies in the development of safeguards to address toxic exposures. That’s because the rule calls for making the data underlying those studies publicly available, even though the research often relies on personal information scientists must protect for legal and ethical reasons.
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A new ASTM International standard provides an effective way to determine the presence of boron in coal. The organization’s committee on coal and coke (D05) developed the new standard, which is soon to be published as D8213. As noted in the new standard, “the possible emission of boron that may be found in coal from coal combustion...
The EU’s rules on end-of-life vehicles aim to: i) make dismantling, recycling and reusing these vehicles more environmentally friendly and ii) the manufacturers to make new vehicles without hazardous substances, so their parts can later be reused.This evaluation assesses how well the EU’s rules are working and whether they are deliverin...
Ultrafine particles represent the smallest size fractions of particles with sizes from one to about 100 nanometers in aerodynamic diameter . Thus, their specific health effects are related to their physical capacity to reach diverse organ systems. The aims of this project were to systematically review the scientific literature on the health effects...
EuRIC welcomes the initiative to take measures helping recyclers to get information on the substances contained in articles reaching their facilities at end-of-life but also points out some problematic aspects concerning this new legal requirement, such as the lack of retroactivity of the database or the fact that this won't include information on ...
China Certification and Inspections Group Company (CCIC) and Société Générale de Surveillance SA (SGS) of Switzerland were suspended for failure to inspect substandard goods before they were imported into the Kenyan market. The suspensions are immediately effective.CONTINUE READING ON chemlinked.com
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