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News Nov 26, 2018 ACC's High Phthalates Panel Disputes Conclusions of Recent DINP Study ACC's High Phthalates Panel (HPP) highlights concerns with the Radke et al (2018) publication.
News Nov 09, 2018 American Chemistry Council Welcomes Four New Members and One New Responsible Care® Partner Company Four new Regular members and one new Responsible Care Partner company were approved at ACC's board of directors meeting.
News Nov 09, 2018 Study Contradicts Conventional Wisdom: Replacing Plastic Packaging with Other Materials Would Have Adverse Environmental Impacts This report builds upon established data on the energy and GHG benefits of plastics, compared to alternatives.
News Nov 08, 2018 ACC's Plastics Division Welcomes BAYSTAR BAYSTAR looks forward to joining other leading U.S. plastics producers in working to advance the sustainability of the plastics industry.
News Nov 06, 2018 Polyurethanes Industry Generates $37.9 Billion in Direct Economic Contributions, New Study Shows The 2017 “Economic Benefits of the U.S. Polyurethanes Industry” report shows increased contributions to the U.S. economy during the last year.
News Nov 05, 2018 ACC's Plastics Division Welcomes Celanese Our continued growth confirms resin producers’ confidence in our strong, strategic focus and ability to deliver value through market facing programs and best-in-class advocacy.”
News Oct 24, 2018 Plastics Makers Support Expanding Data on Microplastics, Urge Caution in Interpreting Results of Recent Stool Study All people deserve access to clean food and clean water, and a healthy environment.
News Oct 03, 2018 ACC Issues Statement Regarding Senate Hearing on EPA's Science Transparency Rule We believe that increasing transparency in the regulatory process is an important good governance principle that everyone should embrace.
News Oct 03, 2018 CPI Announces Four Distinguished Leadership Award Winners Recognizing Contributions to Industry The four awards were given out at the 2018 Polyurethanes Technical Conference.
News Oct 03, 2018 Demilec (USA) Inc. Named Winner of 2018 Polyurethane Innovation Award Top CPI award presented at technical conference in Atlanta.
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 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 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 25, 2018 ACC Requests Correction to Information Used In National Air Toxics Assessment 2014 NATA uses highly flawed ethylene oxide risk value.
