On 1 June 2007, when the «REACH Regulation» aimed at ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment and enhancing competitiveness and innovation in
chemical industry came into force, the honeymoon period for all companies in any way involved in manufacture, supply or distribution of chemicals in Europe ended.
Not exact matches
For years, I have watched and listened to all manner of business people that I work with or
come across complain about China's underhand restrictions and rules that favour its own domestic champions in just about any
industry — from traditional smokestack
industries, to
chemicals, machine tools, autos, technology, services, financial services — you name it.
A few years back, the
chemical compound BPA got more than its 15 minutes of fame when news stories upon news stories
came out bashing the
chemical for its use in the food and beverage
industry.
The
chemical engineer from Procter & Gamble Co.
came up with Pampers, the country's first mass - marketed disposable diaper that helped create a multibillion - dollar
industry.
In a statement in 2008, the FDA said BPA was safe in materials that
come into contact with food, to which critics accused the agency of using outdated studies that had been sponsored by the
chemical industry, so this new cautionary statement is a huge step in direction of consumer safety over corporate pressure.
A bill that would make New York the first state in the nation to ban a flame retardant widely identified as a cancer threat, has faced heavy opposition from the
chemical industry and may not
come to a vote in the current legislative session.
The findings
come as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency faces opposition from the pesticide
industry after expanding its Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program, which requires testing of about 200
chemicals found in food and drinking water to see if they interfere with estrogen, androgens or thyroid hormones.
This NIH decision
came in response to claims from scientists and public health advocates that members of the panel worked for the
chemical industry and cherry - picked the data in favor of
industry - funded studies, which did not test low - dose exposure to BPA.
The 2 million tonnes of adipic acid needed by
industry every year are at present made from benzene, a carcinogenic
chemical that
comes from nonrenewable fossil fuels.
She sees the surrounding conditions as better in
industry than in academia: There's a lot of support from other research groups, ordered
chemicals and equipment actually
come in time, and the help desk is actually able to help — in short, luxury all around.
The results of the EPA's tests could guide federal regulation of numerous
chemicals for many years to
come, so the stakes for both the public and the
chemical industry are enormous.
The new data indicated that much of the change
came from heavy
industry — including plants that produce coal
chemicals and cement, as well as those using coking coal, which goes to make steel, Ms. Jones said.
• Safe: free of disease - causing microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, spores); heavy metals;
chemicals from
industry and agriculture; pharmaceuticals; disinfectants and related by - products; radioactivity; and synthetic fluoride; • Fresh: neither salty nor stagnant; • Clean: physically, biologically and chemically; • Natural:
coming from a pristine mountain stream, glacial river or fresh spring; • Hydrating: water with low surface tension and thus better hydrating; • Mineral balanced: contains a wide variety of minerals including trace minerals, excellent ionic activity (Total Dissolved Solids ~ 300 ppm), including cations such as calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium; and anions such as nitrate, chloride, bicarbonate, sulfate and carbonate.
In society there's heaps of education around the organic food
industry to take one example but when it
comes to
chemicals in cosmetics, it feels like this is still an area that's largely overlooked.
So for example, when it
comes to my hair, he takes into consideration my eye colour, skin tone, natural hair base colour, fashion fad colours of the hair
industry and applies all this to his innate sense of how his
chemical colour mixtures will react once on my hair texture and condition.
Field - to - table is a key message the hunting
industry has been pushing as consumers become more aware of where their meat
comes from and what
chemicals are used to process it.
«More companies are
coming into the green
industry, making their products — including stain and odor products — with more sustainable resources, less impact on the environment, derivatives of natural ingredients, less harsh
chemicals, etc.,» says Rose.
He talked about the state's unique geology and how it affects
industry practices; San Benito County's current level of production; current restrictions from the state on such matters as water monitoring and disclosure of
chemical use;
coming, similar restrictions as part of an approved senate bill; the history of fracking in the state; and the potential of the Monterey Shale.
It is getting worst because of what we are doing that threatens our world like cutting trees, throwing garbage,
chemical waste from different
industries are thrown in the bodies of water, smoke
coming from cars, factories and even at home are not properly handled.
We continually cut trees, throwing garbage any where we want,
chemical waste from different
industries are thrown in the bodies of water, smoke
coming from cars, factories and even at home are not properly handled, there's still a lot of problems that we can address to each and every one but if we will not move or take any action in response to this issue our planet would die little by little, as we see earth today is now showing to us the damage we had made such as earth quake, landslide, acid rain, global warming and a lot more.
«Nuclear waste remains radioactive for thousands of years and the nuclear
industry has not
come up with a technological process to deal with this highly toxic waste and similarly as toxic
chemical industry dump their waste in the ground, so does the nuclear
industry.
The percentage of expected new EPA Science Advisory Board members that
come directly from the
chemical or fossil fuel
industry or anti-environment groups
Clients
come from a variety of sectors such as the
chemical industry, industrial engineering, insurance, transportation, travel and leisure, and include Stena Line as well as other owners, charterers, operators and brokers.
Christy's clients
come from a wide range of
industries and include manufacturers and distributors of software,
chemical, medical device and packaging products.
Working in the manufacturing
industry as a
chemical operator I have
come to realize that as times and economics change I will need to more than working a full time schedule to truly provide for my family's future.