EPA Eases Requirements for Toxics Reporting
The new rule will make more companies eligible to use a shorter, less-detailed reporting form known as "Form A" and, for the first time in TRI's history,...
EPA Rule 'Absurd,' Critics Say
EPA on Dec. 18 issued a final rule that will make it easier for companies to be eligible to use a shorter, less-detailed reporting form known as "Form...
Nanotech Conference: Advice for Start-Ups
Tabitha Maher, environmental health and safety facilitator for Reno, Nev.-based Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Altairnano), explained that a nanotech EHS...
Nanotech Conference: Advice for Start-Ups
"As small companies, you have to do something now," Maher said Monday, addressing attendees of the International Conference on Nanotechnology Occupational...
Expert: 'Nano is Now'
"Many corporations are holding up development of products using nanotechnologies because they don't understand fully what the risks are," Andrew Maynard,...
Nanotech Expert: Without More EHS Research, 'We're Working in the Dark'
Andrew Maynard, Ph.D., chief science advisor for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, is urging...
Exposure to Teflon Chemical Did Not Affect Workers' Mortality Rates, DuPont Study Claims
DuPont epidemiologist studied the occupations of 6,027 employees between 1948 and 2002 and examined the causes of death for those who died during the...
Nanotechnology Report: More Research Needed to Determine EHS Risks
The report written by the National Research Council's Committee to Review the National Nanotechnology Initiative asserts "EHS research needs to be accelerated...
EPA Issues Guidance to Reduce Auto Mechanic Exposure to Asbestos
The brochure, Current Best Practices for Preventing Asbestos Exposure Among Brake and Clutch Repair Workers, includes work practices that may be used...
Inhaled Nano-Size Particles Move Quickly to the Brain, Study Finds
The research is part of an ongoing effort by the University of Rochester Medical Center to find out if the tiniest airborne particles pose a health risk....
Executive of McWane Company Sentenced to Prison for Environmental Crimes
Charles Matlock, an executive with Springville, Utah-based Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe Co., was sentenced in a federal court to 12 months and 1 day in prison and a $20,000 fine for violating the federal Clean Air Act...
AHIce: Making the Financial Case for Environment Management and Safety
Gupta explained how chemical manufacturer Rohm and Haas, headquartered in Philadelphia, Pa., has integrated social responsibility, environmental responsibility...
New York: Worker Injury Lands Employer in Jail
The charges stemmed from an April 2004 incident in which a worker was rescued from an underground tank at the Bronx Auto Venture junkyard. Owner John...
Grants Will Fund Research on Potential Effects of Nanotechnology
While George Gray, assistant administrator for EPA' Office of Research and Development, said nanotechnology has the potential to be a powerful tool for...
EPA Report Looks at Potential Risks, Benefits of Nanotechnology
The draft white paper was written by EPA's Nanotechnology Workgroup, which the agency's Science Policy Council formed in December 2004 to study the potential...
Expert: New Law Needed to Manage Nanotechnology Risks
Existing laws such as the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act and major environmental statutes could apply to some aspects...
Making Sense of the New Source Review
For more than a decade, the Clean Air Act's new source review (NSR) process has sparked dismay in the hearts and pocketbooks of plant managers across...
Sustainability is Key to Environment, Health and Safety at Dow
At Dow Chemical Co., the corporation and its global manufacturing sites are only one part of a larger environmental system. Dow's goal is to make products...
Anheuser-Busch Focuses on Safety and Environmental Performance
This achievement, as well as others in environmental, health and safety areas, is detailed in Anheuser-Busch's 2002 Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS)...
Preparing and Issuing a Social Responsibility Report
Investors and investment groups are beginning to look at more than a company's economic performance. They are increasingly looking at a company's safety,...
The Cutting Edge of Environmental Management
The journey to being a responsible corporate citizen began 100 years ago at Weyerhaeuser, and there's no end in sight. The Washington-based forest products...
