Topics
hazard assessment
July 24, 2018
U.S. NGO Healthy Building Network launches free online resource Chemical Hazard Data Commons aggregating hazard determinations for over 85 000 substances, aimed to facilitate substitution of hazardous chemicals
Topics: hazard assessment, substitution
Reading time: 1 minute
July 20, 2018
Study compiles database of chemicals associated with plastic packaging (CPPdb); at least 148 substances highly hazardous, many untested or unknown
Topics: endocrine disruptor, hazard assessment, NIAS, plastics, REACH, risk assessment, substitution
Reading time: 2 minutes
February 9, 2018
U.S. Congress hearing on International Agency on the Research for Cancer addresses future funding; critics question agency's scientific integrity; defenders talk of industry-lead campaign to discredit IARC’s monographs on carcinogens program
Reading time: 2 minutes
