| Europe: EU fines likely for Bayer and Chemtura by Matthew Newman, Bloomberg News December 19th, 2005 European Union regulators plan to fine Bayer and Chemtura this week for fixing prices of rubber chemicals, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the investigation. |
| US: DuPont fined more than $10M over Teflon by Randall Chase, Associated Press December 14th, 2005 DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $10.25 million in fines and $6.25 million for environmental projects to settle allegations by the Environmental Protection Agency that the company hid information about the dangers of a toxic chemical used to make the non-stick coating Teflon, officials said Wednesday. |
| US: EPA, DuPont in Settlement Over Chemical The Associated Press November 29th, 2005 Federal regulators have reached an agreement with DuPont to settle allegations the company hid information about the dangers of a toxic chemical known as C8 used in the manufacture of Teflon. |
| US: Engineer: DuPont hid facts about paper coating by Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY November 16th, 2005 A former engineer for the DuPont company has accused his ex-employer of concealing test results almost two decades ago that showed toxic chemicals leaching out of a paper coating used to give grease resistance to microwave popcorn bags, fast food and candy wrappers, and pizza box liners. |
| US: Bottler to Pay $1 Million for Pollution of 2 Rivers by Wendy Thermos, Los Angeles Times November 11th, 2005 Runoff was harmful to humans and marine life, EPA says. Fines came in civil and criminal cases. |
| CHILE: Pulp Mill Reopens Despite Charges of Killing Swans by Gustavo González, Inter Press Service August 18th, 2005 The imminent reopening of a pulp mill that polluted a nature sanctuary in Chile has further fueled environmentalists' criticisms of the Ricardo Lagos administration -- and is setting the scene for future conflicts with indigenous and fishing communities. |
| US: Politicians' private-jet uses raises questions by Dean Calbreath , San Diego Union-Tribune August 5th, 2005 Although the flights may be legal, critics say they serve as prime examples of how federal contractors and lobbyists use travel and other perks to make friends on Capitol Hill. |
| US: Is Nevada a Toxic Neighbor? by Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal July 10th, 2005 With concern mounting that Nevada gold mines are belching clouds of toxic mercury downwind to neighboring states, officials are being urged to tighten regulations regarding the dangerous pollutant. |
| US: Cleanup Costs for Toxic Gas Additive Could be Billions
by Michael Gardner, Copley New Service June 15th, 2005 Staring at potential payouts in the billions of dollars, the U.S. oil industry is maneuvering to escape responsibility for cleaning up after MTBE, the now-banned toxic gasoline additive that has seeped into drinking water across the country. |
| CHINA: 'Green Olympics' eyed for 2008 Beijing Games by Liu Weifeng , China Daily June 15th, 2005 More than 30 enterprises, half from abroad, met to discuss clean technology, renewable and recyclable materials and the huge market sparked by the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Companies present included BASF, NatureWorks, Unitika, Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsui Chemical. |
| Chemicals May Damage Male Babies BBC May 27th, 2005 Chemicals found in many everyday products can harm male reproductive development, research suggests. |
| US: Senomyx's Fake Flavors
by By Melanie Warner, New York Times April 6th, 2005 Unlike artificial sweeteners, Senomyx's chemical compounds will not be listed separately on ingredient labels. Instead, they will be lumped into a broad category - "artificial flavors" - already found on most packaged food labels. |
| US: Dow's Knowledge Factory by Brian McKenna, Ecology Center February 11th, 2004 Nearly a century later, Dow's influence on Michigan colleges and universities would surely have caught Veblen's eye were he still alive. Several schools tout their Dow connections and use their Dow colleges of engineering, applied science, and chemistry to attract students and faculty. Dow has spread its name by funding other university programs in journalism, public relations, and public health as well. |
| INDIA: Holding Corporate Terrorists Accountable by Indra Sinha, AlterNet May 6th, 2003 At noon on May 1, two Indian women, watched by a crowd of sympathizers, seated themselves on the sidewalk under the bull statue on Wall Street to begin "a fast unto death." Rasheeda Bee and Champa Devi Shukla are survivors of what the people of Bhopal still refer to as "that night." |
| INDIA: After Beatings, Activists Promised Access to Bhopal Site by Ranjit Devraj, InterPress Service December 4th, 2002 NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (IPS) -- After brutal beatings and police detention, environmental activists have been promised free access to the pesticides factory in central Bhopal city which 18 years ago was the scene of the world's worst ever industrial disaster. |
| US: Cosmetics Industry Approves Controversial Chemicals by Cat Lazaroff, Environment News Service November 20th, 2002 The U.S. Cosmetics Ingredients Review panel has approved the continued use of phthalates in cosmetics, concluding that the chemicals are "safe as currently used." Activist groups, noting that the European Union has just ordered the phase out of some phthalates in cosmetics, said the panel's decision leaves U.S. women at risk of exposure to chemicals that some tests suggest may be linked to birth defects. |
| USA: Bush Chokes Reactive Chemical Regulations Environment News Service April 30th, 2002 WASHINGTON DC -- Evidence that the Bush administration killed a proposal to tighten regulation of a group of hazardous chemicals is presented in a new report by the Center for Public Integrity, a Washington, DC based nonprofit group of investigative journalists. |
| Canada: Giant Food Chain Rejects Chemical Pesticides Environment News Service March 12th, 2002 TORONTO, Ontario, Canada -- Canada's largest food distributor has made a public commitment to stop marketing chemical pesticides by next spring. Loblaw Companies Limited announced today that it will no longer sell chemical pesticides in all of its 440 garden centers across Canada by 2003. |
| Germany: Farben to Create Slave Labor Fund Associated Press August 23rd, 2000 IG Farben, the German chemical company that made poison gas for Nazi death camps, will set up a compensation fund for Nazi-era slave laborers within weeks, an official in charge of liquidating the once-great firm said Wednesday. |
| Shintech Environmental Racism Lousiana Environmental Action Network and Greenpeace USA September 1st, 1999 In September 1998, the environmental justice movement in the US had a very important victory against a major corporation, Shintech, a subsidiary of Shin-etsu Chemical of Japan. |