Chemical Safety Regulations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Indiana state government agency have reached a settlement with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged ...

A Kentucky town is still dealing with the fallout over a spill of “forever chemicals” three years after it was first self-reported by Shamrock Tec ...

Lubricant producer Champion Brands LLC was slapped with a $130,243 fee by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to release annual ...

Japan Flags Two Chemicals

October 22, 2021

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a report last month flagging concerns about seven chemicals, including two that are used by ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency is asking for additional public input on final rules for five chemicals deemed persistent, bioaccumu ...

United States regulators are proposing changes in hazardous materials labeling billed as aligning with global protocols while also reducing costs for ...

The European Chemicals Agency started public consultation March 9 on eight proposed substances proposed for designation as being of very high concern, ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency last month excluded the lubricant industry from a new prohibition on phenol isopropylated phosphate ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency concluded Monday that perchloroethylene does not pose an unreasonable risk to human health when used ...

Some formulators are watching nervously as the United States Environmental Protection Agency reviews the safety of a widely used family of biocides.

EPA Evaluates Antiwear Agent

September 16, 2020

A chemical used as an antiwear additive in aviation turbine oils was among 20 chemicals listed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency th ...

A French Senate inquiry last week blasted local and regional governments’ response to the September 2019 blaze at a Lubrizol lubricant additive fact ...

The Whats What of Waste

August 19, 2019

Leftover product often clings to the insides of industrial containers after theyve been drained. Definitions of empty vary, but too much residue could ...

As greasemakers eye the next round of EU chemical registrations, some may need to weed out specialty products that dont support the cost of compliance ...