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News Oct 01, 2018 ACC: United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement a Step in the Right Direction, but More Time Is Needed To Assess Potential Impact on U.S. Chemical Manufacturing The American Chemistry Council issued the following statement in response to the announcement of a “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement” (USMCA).
News Sep 28, 2018 Plastic Makers Endorse New G7 Innovation Challenge to Address Marine Plastic Litter The Innovation Challenge will incentivize the development of new technology and processes, generate new ideas and build on the successes and innovations happening now in the plastics value chain.
News Sep 28, 2018 U.S. National Toxicology Program Releases Final Report On CLARITY Core Study, Again Confirms BPA Safety The final report on the CLARITY Core Study strongly supports recent statements from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that BPA is safe at the very low levels to which people are typically exposed.
News Sep 28, 2018 ACC Applauds Congressional Passage of 'Save Our Seas Act' Legislation a win for our ocean.
News Sep 25, 2018 ACC Requests Correction to Information Used In National Air Toxics Assessment 2014 NATA uses highly flawed ethylene oxide risk value.
News Sep 24, 2018 ACC: U.S. Tariffs Levied Against More Than 1,500 Chemicals and Plastics Products Will Have Long-Term Consequences for Producers, Suppliers, and Consumers With the U.S. and China imposing another round of tariffs on an increasing number of products, the cost of doing business in the United States is rising.
News Sep 21, 2018 California Straw Legislation Will Help Reduce Waste As society continues to look for ways to reduce waste, policies that encourage responsible use and consumption are welcome measures.
News Sep 20, 2018 American Chemistry Council Stresses Urgent Need for Investment in Waste Management to Solve Ocean Litter, Calls for Ongoing Global Cooperation at G7 Meeting At this week's G7 meetings in Halifax, ACC stressed the urgent need for investments in waste management systems to solve ocean litter and called for ongoing global cooperation.
News Sep 19, 2018 Study Finds Plastics Packaging Helps Reduce Solid Waste New study by the Earth Engineering Center at The City College of New York finds plastics play a role in creating an environment where Municipal Solid Waste generation rates decline.
News Sep 18, 2018 ISDI and TRANSCAER® Announce Webinars for First Responders Since steel drums are one of the most widely used types of industrial packaging for hazardous materials, it is essential that first responders understand their basic components and how to manage them during an event.
News Sep 17, 2018 ACC Responds to Announcement That U.S. Will Proceed With Tariffs on $200 Billion in Chinese Imports There is no acceptable tariff rate for global chemicals trade with China or any U.S. trading partner.
News Sep 13, 2018 ACC Applauds President Trump for Signing Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Into Law The President has affirmed his support for U.S. chemicals manufacturers that rely on select foreign inputs to retain our position as the world’s leading, low-cost producer of chemicals.
News Sep 11, 2018 ISDI and TRANSCAER® Debut New Seconds Count Video on Steel Drums We hope this information will help our nation’s first responders better understand the nature of these drums and how to handle them during an event.
News Sep 11, 2018 U.S. Chemical Industry Investment Linked to Shale Gas Reaches $200 Billion This is an exciting milestone for American chemistry and further evidence that shale gas is a powerful engine of manufacturing growth.
News Sep 06, 2018 New ACC Report Projecting Potential Job and Economic Losses Caused By Chinese Retaliatory Tariffs Brings New Urgency to Ending U.S.-China Trade War It’s unavoidable that China’s tariffs on U.S. chemicals and plastics exports will result in reduced demand for those exports.
