Registration has opened for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service's (APHIS) Biotechnology Regulatory Services (BRS) annual stakeholder meeting on November 13, 2025.

Current news on the government efficiency and reform front concerns the near-miss of a government shutdown last week (the budget would have lapsed at midnight on March 14, 2025).

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on March 3, 2026, that its Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has concluded its evaluation of the proposal...

The Health and Safety Executive will update Great Britain's Prior Informed Consent list from August 2026, implementing changes that reflect international decisions under the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.

On August 18, 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) advised the public that it is withdrawing notices of intent...

The Council of the European Union (EU) announced on March 17, 2026, that it approved conclusions on the EU's new bioeconomy strategy.

On June 26, 2025, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) issued California Notice 2025-08 announcing that pesticide registrants may add or revise multilingual translation of its labels by non-notification.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 11, 2025, the results of process improvements to accelerate the review of Low Volume Exemptions (LVE)...

On April 3, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced changes on how the data matrix form (EPA Form 8570-35) is submitted to EPA...

On April 18, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced updates to its pesticide registration tracking app, MyPest.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on March 7, 2025, that it is extending the comment period on the draft risk evaluation for dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

As reported in our September 12, 2025, blog item, under the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on September 17, 2025, its next steps regarding regulatory efforts to address cleanup of perfluorooctanoic...

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (NMEIB) concluded its deliberations on March 23, 2026, on the New Mexico Environment Department’s (NMED)...

On July 23, 2025, Safer States published its takeaways from the 2025 legislative session on toxic chemicals and plastics.

The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is seeking public input on alternative regulatory frameworks for genetically engineered organisms under the Plant Protection Act, following a court ruling that vacated the 2020 SECURE rule.

It was reported this weekend that all federal employees received an e-mail from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) telling employees to report "five bullets about what you did last week."

The American Chemical Society has announced the 2026 Green Chemistry Challenge Award winners, recognizing groundbreaking innovations across nine categories that transform how industries approach sustainability.

Beginning July 1, 2026, Connecticut will prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of certain consumer products that contain intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Wilbur-Ellis Company for $630,737 over violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act at facilities in California and Washington.