This week’s Podcast Short highlights stories from the US, the EU, Asia and the business sector.
In the US, state lawmakers and regulators are increasingly looking at ways to address microplastics, and recent actions in New Jersey and California could highlight the kinds of measures other states might look to adopt in the future.
Meanwhile, in the world of finance, many investors increasingly see hazardous chemicals as a financial issue – not just an environmental or regulatory one. As a result, some in the sector are wondering whether carbon accounting and finance could also be applied to chemicals to better gauge the financial risks associated with hazardous substances.
Other stories highlighted this week include:
- South Korea's proposed broad revision of its toy safety standards, with potential new or more stringent limits on multiple substances;
- the US EPA's plans to push back several compliance deadlines under its TSCA risk management rule for the solvent TCE;
- Maine's rejection of the latest three "currently unavoidable use (CUU)" submissions seeking exemptions from its law banning PFAS in various products; and
- European NGOs' threat to sue cookware company Groupe SEB under France’s Duty of Vigilance law if the company does not come up with a plan to transition away from PFAS.
Tune in to hear more 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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