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Brazilian Blowout Makers Settles with AG
January 30, 2012
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a settlement with the manufacturer of Brazilian Blowout products that will require the company to warn consumers and hair stylists that two of its most popular hair smoothing products emit formaldehyde gas.

OEHHA Announces Intent to List MIBK
January 30, 2012
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today announced it intends to add Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK), CAS No. 563-80-4, to the state’s list of reproductive and developmental toxicants.

Alameda County DA Announces $350,000 Settlement with Daiso
January 19, 2012
Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley today announced that Daiso California LLC has agreed to pay a total of $350,000 in civil penalties and costs to settle a Proposition 65 enforcement action brought by the district attorney’s offices of Alameda and Santa Clara counties.

Assembly ESTM Committee Reviews “Informal” Green Chemistry Regulations
January 18, 2012
New regulations creating a robust process to identify, prioritize and evaluate potentially hazardous chemicals used in consumer products could possibly be adopted by next fall, the director of the state Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) told the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee (ESTM) last month.

EPA and DTSC Form Partnership for Safer Consumer Products
January 12, 2012
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) today announced an agreement that may add momentum to California’s Green Chemistry Initiative and emerging green regulations in other states.

AG Objects to Attorneys’ Fees in Fashion Accessories Opt-In
December 21, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris has opposed a motion filed by the Chanler Law Group for approval of a Proposition 65 consent judgment in the Fashion Accessory litigation, contending the attorneys’ fees requested are excessive.

FDA to Decide on BPA Use in Food Packaging
December 10, 2011
As part of a settlement in a lawsuit brought against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency has agreed to rule on whether the controversial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned from use in food and beverage packaging.

OEHHA’s Hexavalent Chromium Proposal Slammed by Industry
December 08, 2011
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) today released public comments submitted to the agency by two trade organizations that suggest the agency’s proposal to remove the reference to hexavalent chromium in Section 25707(b)(4) as posing no significant risk when ingested is based on faulty science.

Tox21 Program Begins Automated Chemical Screening of 10,000 Chemicals
December 07, 2011
high-speed robotic screening system today will begin testing 10,000 chemical compounds for potential toxicity. The compounds cover a wide variety of classifications, and include consumer products, food additives, chemicals found in industrial processes, and human and veterinary drugs.

DTSC Moves Forward with “Informal” Proposed Green Chemistry Regulations
December 06, 2011
California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is moving forward with a new draft proposal for regulations that would implement the state’s landmark Green Chemistry Initiative. The new proposal, released on Oct. 31, follows two failed proposals which met with heavy criticism by environmental and public health groups, scientists, and industry causing DTSC to go back to the drawing board.

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