The board said the administration is taking “a significant step backwards” on preventing chemical disasters. By Hiroko Tabuchi For a year now, the Chemical Safety Board, a small independent agency ...

The FDA is strengthening its oversight of food chemicals, signaling a shift towards a more proactive and comprehensive approach to food safety. This move comes in the wake of increasing public concern ...

A new report points to a chemical explosion in Louisiana this year as a prime example of why the federal government should toughen national safety standards at petrochemical plants. The Jan. 26 blast ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Friday is tightening safety rules for chemical plants loosened under the Trump administration. The rules are designed to prevent chemical accidents, and ...

Firefighters continue to work on an 11-alarm fire at the Qualco chemical plant in Passaic on Jan. 15, 2022. Sen. Cory Booker called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its ...

The Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical ...

The BioLab Inc. pool and spa chemical plant in Westlake, site of a massive fire and release of toxic chlorine during Hurricane Laura in 2020, was woefully unprepared for winds accompanying the storm ...

The Trump administration will consider rolling back Biden-era regulations that increased safeguards for workers at chemical plants, announcing the plans Thursday ...

(CN) — A hard-fought challenge to Europe’s chemical safety rules fell flat on Wednesday, when the EU’s General Court upheld the classification of a widely used rubber additive as toxic to reproduction ...

Sen. Cory Booker called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to strengthen its regulations that cover some of the biggest chemical plants in New Jersey, saying a slate of newly proposed rules ...