A third key congressional committee has entered the debate over the Renewable Fuel Standard, calling for comment on a series of questions and issuing a "white paper" detailing concerns about the biofuels mandate and some of the proposed ...
Tags: Chemicals, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Renewable Fuel
Safety concerns over single-use laundry detergents pods escalated again today with an official alert from the Consumer Products Safety Commission advising parents and caregivers to lock up these products and keep them away from children. In ...
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Single-use laundry detergent packs have been called an emerging public health hazard by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Last month, the Consumer Products Safety Commission issued a safety alert for the packs, calling them ...
Tags: laundry, detergent packs, health hazard, Tide Pods
Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) in partnership with the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will introduce health warning labels on outer packaging of tobacco products effective March 2013. Under the new measure, which is part ...
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Canada is planning to implement a law which makes the labeling of mechanically tenderized beef mandatory,as a part of its effort to ensure food safety. This move comes after mechanically tenderized beef products from XL Foods were linked ...
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The Chinese-built Geely MK small car has been recalled in Australia after asbestos was found inside two of the vehicle's engine components. All three of Australia's cut-price Chinese passenger vehicle brands have now been involved in an ...
A study by US-based researchers, published in the journal PLoS, found that these warning labels often carry information about drug interactions or dosage information. The study found that consumers, particularly older ones, often overlook ...
Tags: Drug Warning Labels, Label, packaging, warning labels
The ASTM International has published F1917-12, an enhanced, stronger voluntary infant bedding standard that includes requirements for infant bedding and new requirements for crib bumpers. The much-anticipated passage of the standard ...
Tags: Infant, Bedding, Furnishing