Environmental Protection Agency

PFAS Canadian team finds substitutes for PTFE in non-stick coatings / PDMS said to have fewer negative effects / Open to collaboration with coatings makers	04.08.2025
USA EPA loses even more muscle / Zeldin touts big savings through ‘organisational improvements' and job cuts / NGOs challenge pollution rule exemptions	25.07.2025
BOTTLE RECYLING EU Mass-balance method soon to be acceptable / New rules to accept chemical recycling / Criticism of method continues	21.07.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT US PET producer sued for contaminating drinking water / EPA says 1.4-dioxane is a carcinogen	04.07.2025
EU POLICY Green agenda starts to wither / Is brown the new beautiful? / Macron calls for second rethink of 2040 targets	03.07.2025
BASF USD 700,000 settlement with EPA over alleged TSCA violations	20.06.2025
PFAS Sustainable healthcare group warns of forever chemicals inaction / 150 European medical professionals write to EU Commission	10.06.2025
USA Trump budget bill foreseen to starve clean energy / Elimination of tax credits a death blow to IRA	29.05.2025
PFAS Trump EPA to scale back parts of Biden-era regulatory focus / Restrictions on PFOA and PFOS should survive rewrite	20.05.2025
DENKA Japanese chemical group to shutter US chloroprene plant / Severe financial losses / Trump's reversal of lawsuit not enough	19.05.2025
BASF Groundwater contamination dogs US site / Problem-solving takes years	15.05.2025
PFAS EPA chief seeks own PFAS strategy / Zeldin announces ‘major actions' / Details still cloudy	13.05.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH “New evidence” sees phthalates in more critical light / EPA seeks reviewers / Starch-based plastics also have risks	09.05.2025
USA Senate overturns Biden's reinstated legislation on toxic air pollutants / EPA to undergo revamp / Climate research to play lesser role	06.05.2025
USA Trump upsets regulation cart / EPA to be eviscerated / Zeldin declares Green New Deal dead / Changes in store for VC classification?	21.03.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH USA Trump EPA drops Biden-era lawsuit against Denka / Chloroprene risk claimed to be overstated	19.03.2025
PFAS France seals new restrictions / US states set own drinking water standards	28.02.2025
PFAS Lawsuit wants Chemours fined for discharges overshoot / Quo vadis EPA?	05.02.2025
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT ‘Trump 2.0' will see major changes in climate legislation / ACC staffers return to EPA	29.01.2025
MITSUBISHI Japanese giant backs away from US Gulf MMA plant / Investment a “bad bet”?	23.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Nine PFAS added to TRI list; draft evaluations of phthalates published / EPA prepares for presidential handover	17.01.2025
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Study finds carcinogenic flame retardants in black plastics / E-waste recycling targeted	23.10.2024
PFAS EPA orders four producers to clarify toxicity of fluorotelomer acrylate / UK behind on regulating ‘forever chemicals'	21.10.2024
PFAS New substances proposed for enhanced regulation in US / Upgrade of toxic chemical release inventory	14.10.2024
USA Revised recycling law draft in Congress seeks 30% recyclate in plastic packaging / Bucshon, Davis look to stimulate private sector investment	26.09.2024