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March 12, 2018

Discussing future management of chemicals and waste

Swedish Chemicals Agency and UN Environment Programme host international conference on new strategy for chemicals and waste beyond 2020, March 13-15, 2018 in Solna, Sweden
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March 7, 2018

Helping retailers phase-out harmful chemicals

Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families targets methylene chloride, PFASs, ortho-phthalates for 2018 ranking of retailers’ progress in removing toxic chemicals from products
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March 1, 2018

Report: Chemicals for a sustainable future

New report by European Environment Agency discusses future developments needed to attain sustainable chemistry
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February 15, 2018

Webinar on retailers’ safer chemicals policies

Chemical Watch holds webinar on Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families’ annual ranking of retailers’ actions to reduce toxic chemicals in their products, February 23, 2018
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November 23, 2017

New Danish initiative to reduce toxic chemicals

Danish government grants €38.3 mio to initiative aiming to eliminate harmful chemicals such as endocrine disruptors from consumer products and food, running 2018-2021
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November 15, 2017

More retailers commit to safer chemicals

Non-profit organization Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families publishes second annual ranking of retailers' safer chemicals programs; 10 out of 30 retailers take adequate action on toxic chemicals
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November 1, 2017

Costco adopts chemicals policy

Retailer Costco commits to reducing hazardous chemicals in consumer products, publishes list of chemicals of concern targeted in its product screening program
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September 14, 2017

Model chemicals policy

Non-profit organization BizNGO publishes model chemicals policy for brands and manufacturers
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September 12, 2017

Further ranking of U.S. retailers’ chemical policies

Non-profit organization Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families to evaluate 19 more U.S. retailers regarding their efforts in eliminating toxic chemicals and promoting safer alternatives
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August 29, 2017

Assessing groups of hazardous chemicals

Article by ChemSec addresses structural similarity of chemicals of concern, calls for safety evaluation of chemicals in groups rather than individually
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