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Clinton Boyd from the Sustainable Research Group presented on the Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard proposed by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute and NSF International. A copy of the Webinar presentation is available for download here
In 2010, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection requested support in determining the availability of safer alternatives to replace the use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and specifically decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), as flame retardants in plastic pallets. The webinar will feature John James of ME DEP, who will discuss the process they used to identify […]
Dr. Jim Hutchison (University of Oregon - Department of Chemistry) provided background on the concepts and benefits of "green chemistry," how he has incorporated these principles into his own research in nanoscience, and the work of the University of Oregon's Green Product Design Network. Chris Affeldt (Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment) described Michigan's […]
Dr. Ted Schettler, Science Director of the Science and Environmental Health Network, conducted the following presentation on toxic chemicals and their potential impacts on human health throughout their lifespan. Dr. Schettler serves as Science Director of the Collaborative on Health and Environment and Science Advisor to the Health Care without Harm campaign. He has a […]
Pam Eliason, MA TURI, provided a brief tutorial on the IC2 Safer Alternatives Wiki, with an interactive Q&A session. The IC2 Safer Alternatives Wiki is designed to provide state technical assistance providers and chemical policy makers with a dynamic tool for the developing field of alternatives assessment. Led by the efforts of the Safer Alternatives […]
John Williams will present on the WA Deparment of Ecology system to support chemical use reporting for children's products containing priority chemicals. Adam Wienert will present on the Interstate Mercury Education and Reduction Clearinghouse (IMERC) Mercury-added Product Notification e-filing system to support mercury use reporting. The following documents are available for download: WA Presentation Agenda […]
This 75-minute webinar included a presentation by Amy Wilson, OSHA with overview of recent updates to the Global Harmonization System (GHS) system, including how this will align with OSHA requirements for assessing the relative safety of chemicals. Introduction & Logistics - 5 minutes Rachel Smith, NEWMOA Hazard Communication and the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) - […]
For a number of years, companies and advocates have been calling for greater transparency in the information available on the use of chemicals in products. In response, some state environmental agencies have begun to require reporting on chemical use in certain products and to publish the available data. The IC2 held a "Chemical Use Disclosure" […]
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 Staples Office Building Framingham, MA The purpose of this IC2 meeting on Chemical Use Disclosure was to provide an opportunity for Members and Supporting Members of the Clearinghouse to hear from members of the Business-NGO Working Group (BizNGO) and the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3) about the growing effort to […]
Earlier this year, the IC2 added GreenScreen® hazard assessments of 18 flame retardants to the Chemical Hazard Assessment Database. These GreenScreens derive from hazard assessments done by EPA's Design for the Environment Program (DfE). In this webinar, Lauren Heine, Clean Production Action's Co-Director for GreenScreen and Applied Science (and co-author of the GreenScreen for Safer […]
Mike Belliveau, founder and president of the Environmental Health Strategy Center, and Mike Schade, the Mind the Store Campaign Director for the Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families Coalition, described the development of the organizations' Hazardous Hundred list of chemicals of high concern in consumer products and the Mind the Store Campaign's work to spur safer chemical […]
