All Regulation articles – Page 25
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NewsObama’s science legacy: rhetoric versus reality
Outgoing US president was a great spokesperson for science, but wasn’t able to translate that zeal into budget boosts
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BusinessShell fined $22m for drinking water contamination
Jury rules in favour of US city of Clovis over 1,2,3-trichloropropane contamination, while rejecting punitive damages
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BusinessIndian court revokes ban on combination drugs
Companies claim government failed to follow procedure in restricting risky medicines
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ResearchLow level manganese fumes ups welders' Parkinson’s risk
The greater the exposure of welders to airborne manganese, the more quickly symptoms of Parkinson’s disease progress
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BusinessSyngenta subsidiary faces fine over pesticide exposure
US environment agency wants firm to pay $5 million after workers hospitalised after coming into contact with chlorpyrifos
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BusinessPharmaceutical industry roundup of 2016
Controversial approvals and price clashes characterised 2016 in pharma
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BusinessDeath sentence for head of Tianjin explosion firm
48 Ruihai Logistics staff and government officials also sentenced
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OpinionHow to make Reach risk assessments more transparent
Chemical safety data is still hard to access because of the ECHA’s own rules
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Business£90m fine for Pfizer and Flynn Pharma over excessive drug pricing
Markets watchdog imposes record fine for breaches of competition law
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NewsHealth agency calls for ban on neonicotinoid in Canada
Government body reports imidacloprid poses a threat to marine insects and soil-dwelling organisms
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NewsHomeopathic ‘medicines’ will have to state they don’t work
US trade agency will require packaging and adverts to state there is no scientific evidence to back up claims of efficacy
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OpinionUncertainty around Trump presidency is harmful to industry
Uncertainty is anathema to industry. Trump and Brexit are frustrations, but the wheels do not stop.
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NewsTaiwan moves to create chemical safety agency
Government plans to establish a bureau to oversee chemicals following a serious food contamination scandal in 2011
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BusinessUS extends permission for combination pesticide
EPA finds no synergy concerns with Dow’s Enlist Duo and reverses restrictions on its approval
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OpinionRegulatory tightropes
When lobbying and marketing clash with scientific evidence, regulators walk a fine line
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BusinessEU scrutinises Syngenta–ChemChina union
European commission investigates competition concerns in agricultural megamerger
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BusinessSC Johnson revisits its use of galaxolide
Concerns of environmental and health groups leads firm to review scientific data on the fragrance chemical
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NewsExplainer: Are ‘flushable’ wet wipes really flushable?
Water companies are calling for all wipes to be classified as unflushable until an international standard is agreed
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NewsFive bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals fast-tracked under new US law
First test of powers of revamped Toxic Substances Control Act