Constellation Pharmaceuticals

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...

Bloomberg Environment | February 26, 2020

Philadelphia leaders hope their attempt to ban hydrogen fluoride from oil refinery processes within city limits will spark other regulation of the chemical compound across the country. The city’s proposal comes after a fire and explosion at Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ Girard Point Refinery in June 2019, where 5,000 pounds of toxic hydrofluoric acid—a mixture of hydrogen fluoride (HF) and water—was released. No workers or residents were hurt, though the company has sinc...

Chemical Management

Smart Plastic Technologies | January 27, 2022

Aligned on the growing importance of environmentally responsible products in the baby and toddler market, Smart Plastic Technologies and Munchkin, Inc. announced today that they have signed an exclusive joint development agreement to create baby lifestyle products using Smart Plastic's patent-pending ECLIPSE™ technology. This partnership will introduce revolutionary consumer goods to the baby and toddler market, which is estimated to be worth USD 25 billion by 2028. ...

Chemical Management

Hanwha Total | January 21, 2021

South Korean oil refining and petrochemical organizations, for example, Hanwha Total and Yeocheon NCC are extending their naphtha cracking centers (NCCs) for income source expansion and economies of scale, separately. Yeocheon NCC as of late finished the extension of its NCC and butadiene creation facilities by contributing 740 billion won for around two years. The trial operations will end this week and business activities will be started right away. At that point, the organizati...