Taiwan introduces DecaBDE controls

Taiwan introduces DecaBDE controls

The island nation’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added the brominated flame retardant to its Toxic Chemicals Substance list, after initially proposing the addition in November. According to Chemical Watch, DecaBDE, which has been found in the casings of...
Ohio EPA investigates discarded chemicals

Ohio EPA investigates discarded chemicals

The state’s Environmental Protection Agency is investigating unknown chemicals found in discarded drums left behind by a former ink manufacturer. As News5Cleveland reports, inspectors from both the US and Ohio EPA “converged on a shuttered factory in Euclid” to start...