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There is an exciting and promising project underway that is being coordinated by the Research Foundation of the International Life Science Institute (ILSI-RF) called the NanoRelease Project....

In a January 28, 2011, article, Pesticide & Chemical Policy quotes James V. Aidala regarding the possibility of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation passing in the 112th Congress....

On January 18, 2011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson signed a proposed rule that would revise EPA’s February 6, 2006, final rule concerning protections for subjects in human research. According to EPA, the proposed amendments would broaden the applicability of the rules to cover human testing with pesticides submitted to EPA under any regulatory statute it administers. The proposed amendments would also disallow participation in third-party pesticide...

We are pleased to announce that the American Bar Association (ABA) has published a new book, entitled Product Liability, which Lynn L. Bergeson co-authored. Product Liability presents business and policy advisory perspectives on issues in product liability emerging from current changing legal and global market conditions. Bergeson co-authored the chapter entitled “New on the Horizon: Nanotechnology.” More information is available online....

The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published on January 19, 2011, a “plan containing 25 actions it intends to implement during 2011 to improve the most common path to market for medical devices.” See FDA News Release, “FDA to improve most common review path for medical devices” (Jan. 19, 2011), available online. That path is the Premarket Notification, or 510(k) process, used for the bulk of...

The January 21, 2011, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the effect of President Obama’s January 18, 2011, Executive Order (EO).  Bergeson stated that the EO is “welcome, appreciated and potentially useful, but it won’t turn any ships around.”...

The January 21, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson and Kathleen M. Roberts regarding chemical policy and rulemaking efforts expected in 2011.  According to Bergeson, the 2011 election results will have a “large but uncertain impact” on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act, and other issues.  Roberts stated that, if EPA releases the Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule in May, the chemical...

The January 21, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report cites Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s January 3, 2011, memorandum regarding its 2011 predictions for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention....

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxic Substances (OPPT) and Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) were both active with regard to nanoscale materials regulation and policy in 2010. The new year is expected to see comparable activity....

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on January 27, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson will moderate a panel discussing key nanotechnology-related international and state regulatory programs during a “quick teleconference” program sponsored by the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources entitled Nano Governance: The Current State of Federal, State, and...