Walmart’s chemical policy: The right formula, but just a first step

Walmart’s new policy (PDF) to require manufacturers of cosmetics and cleaning products to disclose ingredients in their products and remove priority hazardous chemicals signals a new era in sustainability. It’s a critical first step on… …

GreenScreen Featured in Royal Society of Chemistry Book

Clean Production Action is proud to announce that GreenScreen is featured in a new book, Chemical Alternatives Assessments, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. …

ToxServices Launches GreenScreen Inspector

ToxServices, Inc. has launched GreenScreen Inspector, a tool to automatically calculate a GreenScreen Benchmark score once the hazard classification table has been filled. Access the GreenScreen Inspector. …

New Report on Plasticizers by Green Chemistry Council

The Green Chemistry and Commerce Council has released (June 2013) their report Chemical Hazard Assessments of Alternative Plasticizers for Wire & Cable Applications which includes a combination of Draft and Verified GreenScreen assessments of… …

SciVera is Now a Licensed GreenScreen Profiler

Clean Production Action (CPA) is pleased to announce that SciVera LLC is now qualified as a Licensed GreenScreen Profiler. Along with ToxServices LLC and NSF International, SciVera is the now the third licensed GreenScreen Profiler in North America.… …

GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals Training Headed to Detroit

WASHINGTON, DC The National Pollution Prevention Roundtable (NPPR) is partnering with Clean Production Action (CPA) to present a GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals training. The GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals training will take place during the… …

European Commission Position on DecaBDE up in Smoke After European Court Decision

Brussels An international group of environmental, legal and health NGOs[1] welcomed today’s judgment by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) against the European Commission’s decision to exempt decaBDE[2], a brominated flame retardant,… …

Health and Environment Groups on Alert for Test Case on Chemical Safety

A hazardous chemical is likely to be accepted as “safe for consumer use” by the European Commission this week. Deca-BDE, which is used as a flame retardant for electrical goods and textiles and is found as a contaminant in food, is known… …

Pressure Mounts to Maintain Ban on Deca-BDE

A New report on substitutes for the brominated flame retardant chemical, deca-BDE, increases pressure on European Commission to maintain ban on April 19thvote in Technical Adaptation Committee (TAC). Today, the European Public Health Alliance -… …