Legislatures in Vermont, Maine, Oregon, Delaware, Connecticut and New York have all passed bills banning single-use plastic bags. he passage of these laws is growing a list of states with legislation on single-use plastics: Hawaii and California have already adopted similar laws.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a new guide for research and funding in animal genomics for 2018-2027.

Governments agreed to a global ban of PFOA - a persistent pollutant with known harmful effects on health and the environment - during the 9th Conference of the Parties (COP9) of the Stockholm Convention.

The Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition announced in April 2019 that France will ban foods containing the titanium dioxide food additive E171 beginning January 2020.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published a temporary procedure for notifying Prior Informed Consent (PIC) exports to the United Kingdom after the first 35 days of the BREXIT.