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October 10, 2011 - Volume 89, Number 41
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Chemical safety board report probes academic research practices, identifies role for ACS.
Debate over use of and substitutions for rare-earth elements points out a need for much more research.
Republicans say EPA chemical assessments are slanted toward tougher regulation.
Republicans, Democrats clash over the costs and benefits of agency's actions.
Budget: House committee members outline science funding they think the nation can do without.
Preliminary analysis links low blood lead levels with adverse health effects.
Pollution: Congressional Republicans seek to derail rules on boilers, coal ash.
Import concerns, drug shortages enter into debate on reauthorization of user fees.
U.S. carriers challenge EU law controlling airlines' greenhouse gas emissions.
Energy Department marks end of fiscal 2011 with key clean energy loan guarantees, grants.
Exports: Pacts will help open markets and create manufacturing jobs, advocates say.
Intellectual Property: Bankrupt solar firm developed its manufacturing technology with government grant.
American Chemistry Council asks FDA to ban bisphenol A in baby bottles and sippy cups.
Standardized methods released last week can guide businesses in calculating and reporting the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their products. The World Business Council on Sustainable Development and the think tank World Resources Institute, which developed these methods, say these standards are intended to increase competitive advantage and drive innovation. Dawn Rittenhouse, DuPont’s director of sustainability, tells C&EN that the new, international standards are important to her company because customers are increasingly asking about the carbon footprint of products. One of the standards accounts for emissions associated with all of a company’s products throughout the value chain, from suppliers to customers. The second is for calculating emissions linked to a particular product, from extraction of raw materials through manufacture and use to disposal. The new standards are available at wri.org/news/live.
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