Oct 28, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition, Key Contribution, Top 10 Projects
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), back at work after the government shutdown, has just launched a new online toolkit to help employers and workers find ways to eliminate hazardous chemicals, or substitute them with a safer chemical, material,...
Jul 19, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina Dr. Ann Blake participated in workshop, with focus on Decision-Making and Weighing subgroup Background The HESI Frameworks for Alternative Chemical Assessment and...
Jul 19, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition
17th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference 17th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, North Bethesda, MD, June 18, 2013 Alternatives assessment has emerged in the past decade and a half as the practical implementation of the precautionary...
Jul 19, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition
EPHC is working with West Marine, a major retailer of boating-related products, to strengthen the criteria for the company’s Pure Oceans brand of maintenance products. Ann Blake also served as a judge for West Marine’s Green Product of the Year competition in...
Jul 19, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition
EPHC will be working with the Blue Green Alliance, United Steelworkers, Union of Food and Commercial Workers, Green Blue, the Sustainable Packaging Coalition and other stakeholders to create a pilot project around Putting Breast Cancer out of Work, focusing on the...
Jul 19, 2013 | Chemicals and Just Transition, Key Contribution, Publications, Top 10 Projects
Multi-Attribute Utility Aanalysis and Outranking Abstract Regulators are implementing new programs that require manufacturers of products containing certain chemicals of concern to identify, evaluate and adopt viable, safer alternatives. Such programs raise the...
