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Reports on the announcement made by President Bill Clinton on environmental and pharmaceutical regulation reforms in the United States (US). Reduction and elimination of some provisions in the Code of Federal Regulations as part of the reform; Effects of the regulatory reforms on the US chemical industry; Components of the regulatory reforms.

The article reports on the European Commission's approval of a voluntary agreement from the European chlor-alkali industry to ensure the safe storage of surplus mercury once a ban on mercury exports from the European Union takes effect in 2011. Under the legislation mercury from decommissioned chlorine plants should be stored in a way to prevent its release.

Reports on U.S. government policies concerning the environment and the chemical industry as of November 22, 2004. Grants awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to universities to study the environmental risk posed by nanotechnologies; Effort by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to study how specific genes contribute to diseases related to chemical exposure; Environmental groups' attack against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's emission standard for air pollution from industrial boilers and process heaters.

Highlights developments concerning government policies affecting the chemical industry. United States Senate's clearing of a bill to amend the law on disposal of high-level nuclear waste; Agreement of the Environmental Protection Agency to tighten regulations on corrective action management units; European Commission's proposal of an environmental liability policy based on the polluter-pays principle.

Reports on developments related to government policy on chemical industry in the United States for the week ending August 29, 1994. House Ways and Means Committee's approval of the insurance tax provisions of the Superfund renewal bill; Environmental Protection Agency's redevelopment projects for abandoned industrial sites; Grants awarded by the Department of Energy to various states and Puerto Rico.

Reports on government events relating to the chemical industry. Report on taxpayers' liability for past environmental contamination of public lands; Racial discrimination at the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Department of Defense's (DOD) plans to award grants to selected professors at 40 academic institutions; Moratorium on bovine growth hormone (BGH); More.

Presents news about federal activities in the chemical industry. Partnership between World Resources Institute (WRI) and Global Industrial & Social Progress Research Institute; Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) regulations on landfills; Whirlpool Corp.'s design for ozone-safe, energy-efficient refrigerators; More.