The European Union has introduced a new rule aimed at improving how chemicals are assessed for safety across its legislation ...

Chemical regulations exist to safeguard human and environmental health throughout a substance’s life cycle (manufacture, intended use phase, and disposal). Regulatory decisions require scientific ...

SRC has secured a five-year, $100M contract to help the Environmental Protection Agency assess new and existing chemical hazards. The nonprofit research and development company said Wednesday it will ...

The National Fire Academy (NFA) is now accepting applications for its highly sought-after Chemical Hazard Analysis for Risk-Based Response course. This 10-day on-campus training is designed to equip ...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has begun work on an open platform of information on chemicals that will collate data ...

An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize two workshops on topics pertinent to the assessment of human health effects by the U.S.

Industry and other federal agencies would have more opportunities to sway the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s toxicity assessments of chemicals under a bill a congressional committee approved ...

Safety professionals deal with many workplace hazards, and most employ the "Hierarchy of Controls" shown in Figure 1 to reduce/eliminate hazards. If possible, eliminate the hazard completely or ...

An ad hoc planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize two workshops on topics pertinent to the assessment of human health effects by the U.S.