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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.
News Dec 18, 2019 Plastic Bottle Recycling Strong Despite Challenges The domestic collection of plastic bottles for recycling rose 52 million pounds, or 1.8 percent, to reach nearly 2.9 billion pounds in 2018.
Reports and Studies Dec 16, 2019 Peak Exposures in Epidemiologic Studies and Cancer Risks: Considerations for Regulatory Risk Assessment The focus was on potential etiologic relations between environmental chemical exposures and cancer risks.
Reports and Studies Dec 16, 2019 Regulatory Implications of New Science in Evaluating Formaldehyde Leukemogenicity Given formaldehyde's commercial importance, environmental ubiquity and endogenous production, accurate hazard classification and risk evaluation of whether exposure to formaldehyde from occupational, residential and consumer products causes leukemia are critical.
News Dec 16, 2019 2020 GlobalChem Registration Now Open Registration for the 2020 GlobalChem Conference and Exhibition, which will take place April 6-8, 2020 in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt, is now open at www.globalchem.org.
Reports and Studies Dec 16, 2019 Considerations for Refining the Risk Assessment Process for Formaldehyde: Results from an Interdisciplinary Workshop Twenty-four invited-experts participated with expertise in epidemiology, toxicology, science integration and risk evaluation.
News Dec 13, 2019 Plastics Industry Stewardship Program to Manage and Contain Pellets Strengthens Requirements and Transparency The new requirements apply to companies that volunteer to become part of the enhanced operation clean sweep (OCS) blue program.
News Dec 12, 2019 ACC Testifies in Support of Market-based Freight Rail Reforms American Chemistry Council joined with a long list of shippers urging the Board to move forward on long overdue regulatory reforms.
News Dec 12, 2019 Chemical Manufacturers Applaud Senator Kennedy’s Leadership to Improve Rulemaking Process for Transporting Hazardous Materials This legislation will require PHMSA to act quicker on regulatory requests and will help the Administration be more agile when it comes to safeguarding the shipment of hazardous materials.
News Dec 10, 2019 ACC Applauds White House and House Democrats for Reaching Agreement on USMCA ACC and our members are strongly encouraged by the Speaker’s announcement of a potential agreement that would codify important improvements to USMCA and possibly fast-track its passage in Congress.
News Dec 10, 2019 Chemical Industry Outlook: Slower Growth Amid Near-Term Headwinds Due to slowing growth prospects across much of the globe and rising trade tensions, exports of chemicals and some chemistry-containing goods fell this year.
Infographics and Fact Sheets Dec 09, 2019 Ethylene Oxide - Our Commitment to Safety and Product Stewardship
News Dec 05, 2019 Steve Russell to Retire from ACC Mr. Russell was instrumental in forming the World Plastic Council and in the expansion of the Global Plastics Alliance.
