The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
San Francisco Prohibits Sale of Furniture Treated with Flame Retardants
Retailors have until January 2019 to sell their current inventory before San Francisco's law goes into effect.
JRC Publishes NANoREG Toolbox for the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials
The Toolbox provides useful tools such as test methods, datasets, models, guidance documents, decision trees, etc., which are available to regulators and others in context of REACH.
Comments Due for Nanoform-Specific Registration Requirements Proposed for E.U.’s REACH Legislation
On October 9th, 2017, The European Commission (EC) released a Draft Regulation that would amend the E.U.’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction) Regulation to address nanoforms.
Flame Retardants Are Not All Created Equal
Here we discuss what exactly flame retardant chemicals are, why they are used in some classes of consumer products, and why blanket bans on such a diverse group of chemicals, such as the recent ban passed in Maine, is a bad idea when trying to protect consumers.
EPA Begins CDX Electronic Communication
The EPA announced on Monday that they will begin sending electronic letters acknowledging receipt of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(e) notices of substantial risk that were submitted electronically via the Central Data Exchange (CDX).