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This week’s Podcast Short looks at a provision in the recent US stopgap spending bill and the overlap of chemicals in Canada’s latest data call-in.
Topping the headlines this week is a story from North America managing editor Kelly Franklin, who writes about Congress extending the EPA’s TSCA fee authority as part of the continuing resolution to keep the government funded into December. The story covers what that extension means for possible amendments to the chemicals law.
In Canada, regulators mandate that companies provide information on 200 chemicals, many of which are under regulatory scrutiny in other jurisdictions, including the US and EU.
Other top stories include:
- a federal court in Oregon upholds the state’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law;
- California lawmakers approve several chemicals-related bills, covering PFAS in pesticides, bisphenols in receipt paper and more;
- industry groups urge the European Commission to reconsider plans to add chemicals like bisphenol A (BPA) and lilial to the EU Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation; and
- the head of hazardous substances at New Zealand’s Environmental Protection Authority discusses how the agency plans to improve new chemical reviews.
Tune in to hear about our top stories from the last week and then visit Chemical Watch News & Insight to catch all the latest chemicals management news from around the globe.
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