Accessa Corporation

National Law Review | February 25, 2020

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on February 20, 2020, the final list of 20 chemical substances designated as low-priority substances for which risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is not warranted at this time. EPA has posted a pre-publication version of the Federal Register notice. The notice includes the final designation for each of the chemical substances and instructions on how to access the chemical-specific information, analysis, and basis...

Jon Hopkins | October 22, 2020

BioLargo, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary BioLargo Engineering, Science & Technologies (BLEST) has been awarded a contract to assist in the reconfiguration of the Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) systems used at a large chemical manufacturing plant on the East Coast of the US. The plant, owned by a global chemical company, produces phenolic resins, antioxidants and related synthetic organic products. The contract is expected to execute with a series of milestones through mid-2021, ...

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Oceanworks, Avient | June 16, 2021

Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, has announced a partnership with Oceanworks to assist clients in incorporating recycled ocean plastics into their products. Recycled ocean and ocean-bound plastics are collected within 50 kilometers of a coastline from the ocean, waterways, and ocean-bound collection zones. Avient and Oceanworks are now working on an extended recycled ocean plastics portfolio after the 2020 launc...

chemical watch | April 02, 2020

Mexico's health authority has proposed an overarching national chemicals policy that would place the burden of proof on companies to show substances they import or use in the country are safe, and would allow the government to restrict or ban those that pose an "unacceptable risk". The policy proposes a general law for the Comprehensive Management of Chemical Substances, which would establish an inventory of all chemicals used in the country and require producers or importers to &q...