According to the Toxics Use Reduction Institute’s (TURI) website, the Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA) Program in Massachusetts has received a petition to list carbon nanotubes (both single-wal...
https://www.lawbc.com/turi-calls-for-information-on-carbon-nanotubes-and-carbon-nanofibers/
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted on September 30, 2013, a final report entitled Comprehensive Environmental Assessment Applied to Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Flame-Retardant...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) proposed rule concerning reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain chemical substanc...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program (NOP) issued on March 24, 2015, a policy memorandum clarifying the status of nanotechnology in organic production and handling...
https://www.lawbc.com/usda-nop-releases-new-policy-memo-on-nanotechnology/
Almost seven years ago, the International Center for Technology Assessment (ICTA) filed a petition for rulemaking requesting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate products ...
https://www.lawbc.com/epa-issues-response-to-icta-petition-regarding-nanosilver/
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a prepublication version of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) proposed rule concerning reporting and re...
https://www.lawbc.com/epa-proposes-reporting-and-recordkeeping-requirements-for-nanoscale-materials/
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) published on March 11, 2015, its supplement to the President’s 2016 budget submitted to Congress. NNI states that the supplement serves as the N...
https://www.lawbc.com/nni-publishes-supplement-to-presidents-2016-budget/
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) published on March 12, 2015, the proceedings of a September 15, 2014, meeting on “Realizing the Promise of Carbon Nanotubes: Challenges, Opportuni...
https://www.lawbc.com/nni-publishes-proceedings-of-meeting-on-carbon-nanotube-commercialization/
On January 30, 2015, the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH®) announced the under study list for its Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances (TLV®-CS) Com...
https://www.lawbc.com/acgih-tlv-cs-committee-studying-nanoscale-primary-particle-notation/
The Consumer Product Safety Commission’s (CPSC) fiscal year (FY) 2016 budget request includes funding to establish a Center for Consumer Product Applications and Safety Implications of Nanote...