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UL | September 23, 2020

UL, a leading safety science company, announced today a collaboration with Agilis Chemicals. The collaboration leverages UL Prospector®, a leading search engine for chemical materials and ingredients and Agilis' e-commerce technology expertise in the chemical industry, to offer purchase and fulfillment solutions to Prospector users. Formulators and engineers who rely on Prospector for material and ingredient research and selection can now initiate material purchasing while on Prospector....

The guardian | June 18, 2020

US environmental regulators have decided they will not put restrictions on perchlorate – a rocket fuel ingredient known to harm fetal brain development – in drinking water. The Environmental Protection Agency argued that the federal government, states and public water systems have already taken proactive steps to reduce perchlorate levels. Perchlorate is found in rocket fuel, explosives, fireworks and other products. It can also be naturally occurring. The chemical disrupts the thyro...

SOCMA | October 08, 2020

The Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) today testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on the Economic Impact of Trade Agreements Implemented Under Trade Authorities Procedures, 2021 Report. The testimony focused on encouraging ITC to adopt the Rules of Origin from the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) in future free trade agreements (FTAs) and additional barriers to trade and growth of the specialty chemicals industry. "U...

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, Airgas | July 31, 2020

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board issued two significant reports in late July. One praises voluntary actions of Airgas after a deadly incident at a nitrous oxide facility. The second is a factual update to the ongoing investigation of an incident at an Aghorn Operating facility in Texas in which a worker and his wife died from exposure to toxic hydrogen sulfide gas. The CSB is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates chemical accidents. In...