All Regulation articles – Page 23
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News
Intrigue at the top of the US’s Chemical Safety Board
Agency that reviews US industrial chemical accidents is trying to oust its managing director
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News
Poor management of antibiotics squandering life-saving drugs
Internet and over-the-counter sales along with counterfeit drugs are driving a worldwide rise in antimicrobial resistance
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News
New US ozone standard under fire
The Environmental Protection Agency’s stricter air quality standard for ground-level ozone are opposed by industry, lawmakers and environmental groups
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Opinion
After Tianjin
China’s appalling chemical safety record demands a global response, says Mark Peplow
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News
Scotland moves to ban GM crops under EU law
Concerns expressed that decision to protect nation’s ‘clean, green status’ is not based on sound science
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News
EU bans endocrine disruptor from textile imports
Activists celebrate ban on imported clothing containing nonylphenol ethoxylates after long campaign against them
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News
Controversial pesticide ban temporarily lifted in UK
Two neonicotinoid pesticides permitted by the UK following Farmers Union application
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Research
Regulators have drug firms chasing phantom impurity
Mutagenic contaminants that supposedly form in sulfonic acid salts are highly unlikely to arise
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News
NIH drug manufacturing unit shut down
The US National Institutes of Health suspends operations at its pharmaceutical development section after FDA inspectors uncover serious manufacturing issues
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News
Warnings that proposed UK blanket ban on 'legal highs' casts net too wide
Experts concerned by vague definitions and effect on neuroscience research
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News
Chemical regulation reform gains momentum in both chambers of US Congress
Bipartisan bill to revamp outdated legislation is advancing in the Senate and the House, but the window to enact reform could be narrow
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News
UK launches universal ban on legal highs
The government will make it illegal to sell any psychoactive substance in a bid to crack down on designer drugs
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European parliament supports plastic bag crackdown
Under new EU rules member states will have to ban or restrict the use of lightweight plastic bags
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Opinion
An unfortunate oversight
The US Toxic Substances Control Act is in dire need of reform. That demands compromises, says Mark Peplow
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News
Future of GM in Germany hangs in the balance
German science academy speaks out in favour of GM crops as debate begins on whether to ban them
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News
Reform of US chemical safety rules back on
Bipartisan bill to revamp the US Toxic Substances Control Act is backed by the chemical industry and even a major environmental group
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Business
US approves biosimilar filgrastim
Sandoz’s version of Amgen’s Neupogen is ‘biosimilar’ but not ‘interchangeable’
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News
Butterfly population collapse prompts lawsuit against EPA
US agency criticised for failing to investigate link between glyphosate and the dwindling monarch butterfly population
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News
Proposed ozone rule could cut US GDP by $1.7 trillion
US manufacturing association report claims tighter ozone standard would carry $1.1 trillion in compliance costs
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News
US on track to phase out most long-chain perfluorinated chemicals this year
Discontinuation deadline likely to be met, with measures in place to prevent these chemicals re-entering the US market