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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...

EPA | January 14, 2020

A Torrance, Calif.-based petroleum refinery has agreed to pay $125,000 after violating the Clean Air Act’s Chemical Accident Prevention Program. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency settled with Torrance Refining Company LLC after discovering deficiencies in its chemical safety and risk management plan. “It is critical for the refinery to maintain an up-to-date and accurate Risk Management Plan,” said EPA Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Mike Stoker in a statement.&...

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Huue | August 19, 2021

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a new cell program in partnership with Huue, a biotech startup that's pioneering sustainable bio-based dyes for the fashion industry and beyond. Ginkgo, which recently announced a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., serves customers across industries seeking to develop new and better products using biology. Huue will leverage Ginkgo's platform to optimize ...

Chemical Watch | March 12, 2020

The US EPA is considering imposing ‘unilateral orders’ to end the review process for a small subset of TSCA new chemicals notifications that have languished for months, according to recent remarks from the agency’s Alexandra Dunn. Speaking to delegates at ChemCon the Americas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last week on the EPA’s efforts to reduce a stubborn backlog of pre-manufacture notices (PMNs) that have gone well beyond the required 90-day review period, the EPA&rsquo...