Verdant Proudly Sponsors Prop.65 Clearinghouse's Green Chemistry Conference
Green Chemistry: Verdant is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Prop.65 Clearinghouse Green Chemistry Annual Conference. This year’s conference will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at the The City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street. Verdant attorney, Philip Moffat, will present on “REACH 2013.” Verdant attorney, Catherine Lin, will present on “Supply […]
EPA Announces Proposed Revisions to FIFRA Minimum Risk Exemption
FIFRA: In a December 31, 2012 Federal Register notice, (77 Fed. Reg. 76,979) EPA announced a new proposed rule that would revise the labeling requirements for minimum risk pesticide products. The proposed rule affects section 25(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (“FIFRA”) by changing how minimum risk pesticides are identified on product […]
FTC Publishes Revised Green Guides
Green Marketing: On October 2, 2012, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published long-awaited revised guidelines, known as the Green Guides, to aid marketers in properly making environmental benefit claims. The FTC released its final revisions after a multiyear investigatory process, which included marketing surveys as well as reviewing comments from companies, trade organizations, government entities and […]
Environmental Advocates Want Disclosure of Chemicals in Consumer Products
Chemicals in Consumer Products: Researchers at the Silent Spring Institute argue that the findings of their consumer product evaluation illustrate the need for full disclosure of ingredient information. The Institute tested consumer products — ranging from toothpaste to laundry detergent — for compounds identified as either endocrine disruptors or asthma-related. Most products evaluated by the […]
France to require mandatory reporting of nanoscale materials in 2013
Nanotechnology: France will implement a compulsory declaration scheme for the quantities and uses of nanoparticle substances or nanomaterials produced in, distributed in, or imported to France January 1, 2013. Information about material identity, quantity, uses, and users will be required from all companies producing, distributing and importing nanomaterials, and public and private research laboratories. The […]
California DTSC Releases Public Comments on Informal Draft Green Chemistry Regulations
Green Chemistry Regulations: The public comment for the latest informal draft version of California’s “Safer Consumer Product Regulations” closed on December 30, 2011. On January 20, 2012, the implementing agency, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), posted the comments on its website. DTSC received ninety submissions from a range of stakeholder interests. More information […]
Phil Moffat Will Participate on ABA Panel Concerning California's Green Chemistry Regulations
Green Chemistry Regulations: Verdant is pleased to announce that Philip Moffat will participate on a “quick teleconference” program sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources, titled “California Dreaming, Reality, or Nightmare? California’s New Paradigm in Chemicals and Products Regulation Is Coming to a Store Near You.” The December 13, 2011, teleconference […]
Reminder: Upcoming Meeting of California's Green Ribbon Science Panel
Green Chemistry Regulations: California’s Green Ribbon Science Panel (GRSP), the expert body established to advise the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) on green chemistry and the regulation of consumer products, will convene in Sacramento on November 14 (all day) and 15 (morning only) to discuss the latest informal draft of the so-called Safer Consumer […]
California Releases Informal Draft of the Revised Green Chemistry Regulations
Green Chemistry Regulations: On Monday, October 31, 2011, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released an informal draft of its revised green chemistry regulations, the so-called “Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) Regulations.” DTSC spent the last year further revising the regulations after some stakeholders decried the proposed final version released for public comment […]
Japan Revises Its Annual Notification Requirements to Provide Greater Protection for Foreign Suppliers’ Confidential Business Information
Japan/Chemical Notification and Reporting: Early in June 2011, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced a revision to the process Japanese companies use to annually notify the agency about the chemical substances that they import. Under the new process, a foreign supplier can provide certain confidential business information (CBI) directly to METI rather […]