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Answers to Spray Foam Health and Safety Questions for Workers and HomeownersCPI’s Spray Foam Coalition recently published a document outlining the many years of research. It provides an overview of industry practices for workers and helps answer questions in a concise and simple manner that builders, workers and homeowners might have about the chemicals used in SPF.
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News May 15, 2019 ACC Calls for Tariff-Free Resolution to U.S.-EU Dispute Over Large Civil Aircraft Subsidies ACC urged members of the interagency Section 301 Committee to negotiate the removal of more than $3 billion in U.S. chemicals and plastics products.
News May 15, 2019 Study Misses the Mark: Plastics Help Significantly Reduce Carbon Footprint Because plastics are strong and lightweight, they help us do more with less.
News May 15, 2019 NASEM Report Confirms Organohalogen Flame Retardants Cannot Be Assessed for Hazards as a Single Class Flame retardants play an important role in reducing fire risk and helping ensure overall product safety.
News May 14, 2019 Reducing Plastics in Developing Regions Will Not Solve the Problem of Inadequate Waste Management Unmanaged waste is an urgent problem, and America’s Plastic Makers are deeply committed to working with governments, scientists and nonprofits to help bring about meaningful solutions.
News May 09, 2019 The Chemical Recycling Alliance Grows Membership The expanding membership demonstrates the wide range of economic and environmental potential of these technologies.
News May 08, 2019 ACC: Congressional Asbestos Ban Would Undermine TSCA We urge legislators to allow the agency to both complete its risk evaluation of asbestos and implement any necessary risk management requirements based on that evaluation.
News May 07, 2019 Georgia Becomes 3rd State to Pass Firefighting Foam Legislation By passing this important bill, Georgia’s elected officials are taking a responsible approach to ensuring continued access to these essential firefighting tools.
News May 06, 2019 ACC Releases March 2019 Resin Production and Sales Statistics Sales and captive (internal) use of major plastic resins totaled 7.3 billion pounds during March 2019.
News May 06, 2019 U.S. Chemicals Manufacturers Call for Sensible Trade Policy Solutions U.S. chemical manufacturers support comprehensive and sensible trade policy solutions that help us maximize our competitive advantage.
News May 06, 2019 Texas Becomes 6th State to Pass Legislation to Help Recover More Plastics Texas and a growing number of states are leading the way by creating pathways for advanced recycling and recovery to create value from post-use plastics.
News May 01, 2019 ACC: Maine Polystyrene Ban Will Not Reduce Pollution Many ACC members helped found the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, which aims to invest over $1.5 billion to deliver waste management solutions where they are most needed.
News Apr 30, 2019 ACC Welcomes New Comprehensive Report Calling for Freight Rail Reform We applaud the Task Force for taking a very thorough approach in developing their report on rate review reforms.
News Apr 26, 2019 Global Chemicals Output Remains Slow in First Quarter Global chemicals production in the first quarter of 2019 continues at a slow pace, rising 0.1 percent in March
News Apr 24, 2019 U.S. Chemical Production Lower in March Compared with March 2018, U.S. chemical production was up by 3.1 percent on a year-over-year (Y/Y) basis, a weaker comparison than in February.
News Apr 23, 2019 Chemical Activity Barometer Shows Second Monthly Gain in April The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB) rose 0.5 percent in April on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis.
