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Safety & HandlingFeb 19, 20264 min read

Federal PFAS Rules Are Stalling — But States Are Moving Fast

The federal government is pulling back on PFAS regulation. The EPA has moved to rescind drinking water standards for four PFAS compounds — PFBS, PFHxS, PFNA,...

Safety & HandlingFeb 19, 20263 min read

OSHA Cites U.S. Steel and Contractor After Fatal Clairton Coke Works Explosion

In August 2025, an explosion at the Clairton Coke Works plant in Clairton, Pennsylvania killed two workers and injured twelve others. The facility, operated by United...

Safety & HandlingFeb 19, 20263 min read

OSHA Clarifies HazCom Rules: Aerosols Are Not Gases Under Pressure

OSHA has updated Table B.5.1 in Appendix B of the Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012/GHS) to clarify that aerosols and chemicals under pressure should not be...

Safety & HandlingFeb 19, 20263 min read

PHMSA Seeks Public Input on Using Electric Vehicles to Haul Hazardous Materials

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has published a formal request for information in the Federal Register, asking the public to weigh in on...

Water & EnvironmentalFeb 17, 20263 min read

Electric Fields Flip the Rules of Water Chemistry, With Implications for Hydrogen Production

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research and the University of Cambridge have discovered that strong electric fields fundamentally change how water molecules behave...

Safety & HandlingFeb 17, 20263 min read

CSB Releases Safety Video on Fatal 2021 Paint Factory Explosion in Columbus, Ohio

On the evening of April 7, 2021, a batch resin production operation at Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation in Columbus, Ohio went catastrophically wrong. A worker added flammable...

Safety & HandlingFeb 17, 20263 min read

Bipartisan Bills Target DNA Bioweapons Screening and Battery Supply Chain Credits

Congress introduced two bipartisan measures in early February 2026 that could reshape how chemical and materials companies operate. One targets biosecurity gaps in DNA synthesis; the...

Safety & HandlingFeb 16, 20264 min read

Supreme Court Tariff Case Could Reshape Chemical Import Rules for Years

The Supreme Court is reviewing two consolidated lawsuits — Learning Resources v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections — challenging tariffs imposed by President Trump in...

Safety & HandlingFeb 16, 20263 min read

Cleaning Chemical Industry Faces Soft Demand and Price Pressure in 2026

The cleaning chemicals sector is navigating one of its toughest market environments in years. Major chemical producers are cutting costs aggressively: Dow announced 4,500 job cuts...

Water & EnvironmentalFeb 16, 20263 min read

EPA Reverses Course on Formaldehyde: Proposes Safe Exposure Threshold for First Time

On December 3, 2025, the EPA released an updated draft risk assessment proposing a fundamental shift in how formaldehyde exposure limits are calculated. For the first...

Safety & HandlingFeb 13, 20264 min read

CFC Replacement Chemicals Are Spreading PFAS Pollution Worldwide, Study Finds

A new study published in Geophysical Research Letters has found that one-third of global atmospheric trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) pollution originates from chemicals that were introduced as...

Safety & HandlingFeb 13, 20264 min read

FDA Launches Formal Reassessment of BHA Preservative as States Move to Ban It

On February 10, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a formal reassessment of butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), a synthetic antioxidant preservative widely used in packaged...

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