The FDA is strengthening its oversight of food chemicals, signaling a shift towards a more proactive and comprehensive approach to food safety. This move comes in the wake of increasing public concern ...

Inside the Trump administration, many of America’s top regulators have deep ties to heavily polluting industries, raising ...

In September 2023, sirens blared again across Hopewell, Virginia, after oleum, commonly known as fuming sulfuric acid, leaked from the AdvanSix chemical plant. The plant, one of many big polluters in ...

The Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical ...

WASHINGTON -- New federal rules giving the Bush administration authority for the first time to regulate and even shut down chemical plants will not overrule stricter state rules already in place, ...

A growing body of research suggests that everyday exposure to synthetic chemicals may be quietly fueling a public health crisis. Outdated chemical safety rules may be allowing potentially dangerous ...

On March 20, EPA announced proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to compel companies to report all new uses of five groups of chemicals: ...

The Biden-Harris administration has banned two cancer-causing chemicals, Trichloroethylene (TCE) and Perchloroethylene (PCE), in a "major milestone" for chemical safety. The rules ban all uses of TCE, ...

Workers in chemical plants, along with communities near such facilities, will have to wait longer for regulations that aim to reduce cancer and other health risks associated with widely used solvents ...

EPA rolls back rules as chemical firms claim provisions in RMP protection system too expensive to implement Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox The Trump ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most Americans, and most New Yorkers, are concerned about chemicals in their food and drinking water, according to a survey from ...

(CN) — A hard-fought challenge to Europe’s chemical safety rules fell flat on Wednesday, when the EU’s General Court upheld the classification of a widely used rubber additive as toxic to reproduction ...