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EPA Hits Another TSCA Milestone with High Priority DesignationsSince enactment, EPA has been hard at work effectively and efficiently implementing the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) as Congress intended. The agency continues meet key TSCA deadlines and requirements, and marks another milestone in that process. Learn more.
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News Jan 16, 2020 Executives from U.S., Canadian, And Mexican Chemical Industries Reaffirm Support for New North American Trade Agreement Chemical manufacturers committed to leveraging duty-free trade to spur new growth, investment, and jobs while exploring ways to regulate chemicals more efficiently.
News Jan 16, 2020 American Chemistry Council Strengthens Federal Affairs Shop; Secures Top Talent From National Association of Manufacturers and Dow Ross brings deep expertise on issues that are vital to a thriving chemical industry and the broader manufacturing sector.
News Jan 14, 2020 NAFRA: Study’s Conclusions About Chemical Exposures and IQ Loss Published in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology Not Consistent With the State of the Science The inaccurate and misleading claims made in this study are not supported by the very science and data cited within the research paper.
News Jan 02, 2020 Global Chemicals Output Improves in November Data collected and tabulated by ACC show that global chemicals production grew by 0.3 percent in November.
Infographics and Fact Sheets Dec 27, 2019 Fact Sheet: U.S. Chemical Industry Investment Linked to Shale Gas - $204 Billion and Counting
News Dec 24, 2019 Chemical Activity Barometer Is Stable In December The Chemical Activity Barometer was stable in December, following a 0.1 percent gain in November.
News Dec 23, 2019 NAFRA Responds to Recent Passage of SOFFA Legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives The ACC’s North American Flame Retardant Alliance (NAFRA) issued the following comments in response to passage of HR 2647 — the Safer Occupancy Furniture Flammability Act (SOFFA) — by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Infographics and Fact Sheets Dec 20, 2019 Study Shows Robust Fire Safety Standards Significantly Increase Fire Safety and Escape Time New research shows how product fire standards impact the severity of room content fires.
News Dec 20, 2019 ACC Statement Regarding EPA's Final Designation of 20 Chemicals as High Priority for Risk Evaluations under TSCA EPA’s final designation of the next 20 high priority substances for risk evaluations represents another milestone in the effective and efficient implementation of TSCA.
News Dec 20, 2019 U.S. Specialty Chemical Markets Continue Fourth Quarter on Mixed Note ACC reported that fourth quarter U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes continue on a mixed note, with a 0.3 percent decline in November following a 0.1 percent gain in October.
News Dec 20, 2019 U.S. Chemical Production Fell in November on Weaker End-Use Markets The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.8 percent in November after gains the previous three months.
Reports and Studies Dec 18, 2019 ICCA LRI 2019 Workshop Full Report 21st Century Approaches for Evaluating Exposures, Biological Activity, and Risks of Complex Substances: Report of an ICCA-LRI Workshop Co-organised with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
Reports and Studies Dec 18, 2019 2018 National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report This study is a cooperative effort between the Plastics Division of ACC and APR, the goal of which is to quantify the amount of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) bottles collected for recycling, as well as the rate of recycling of those bottles.
