USA EPA PLOTS NEW CONTROLS ON CHEMICALS
May 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHEMICALS of potential use by the textile finishing sector will be subject to fresh usage controls within the United States. Its Environmental Protection Agency is drafting actions plans restricting the use of benzidine dyes. It is also working on plans for NP/NPE (nonylphenol/nonylphenol ethoxylate), HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane), siloxanes and diisocyanates.
The EPA is also developing a list of potential chemicals as subjects of future action plans, as it steadily tightens US controls. It should release the list this summer.
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CHEMICALS of potential use by the textile finishing sector will be subject to fresh usage controls within the United States. Its Environmental Protection Agency is drafting actions plans restricting the use of benzidine dyes. It is also working on plans for NP/NPE (nonylphenol/nonylphenol ethoxylate), HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane), siloxanes and diisocyanates.
The EPA is also developing a list of potential chemicals as subjects of future action plans, as it steadily tightens US controls. It should release the list this summer.
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