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Focuses on the concerns related to nanomaterials and biomonitoring which were evident at the GlobalChem conference held on March 22-23, 2005 in Arlington, Virginia. Anxiety caused for the chemical industry by the European Union's draft legislation on the registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals which may be implemented in 2007; Talks on the planned Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management being developed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Program; Industry attention garnered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's chemical regulation program.

Discusses the challenges encountered by scientists in the effort to test high-production-volume chemicals. Progress made by chemical manufacturers, environmental protection groups and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the generation of basic data on substances; Release of information on many chemical compounds on-line; Quality of information released to the public.

The article reports that the completion of the HPV Challenge Program designed to make public basic information on hundreds of mass-produced or high-production-volume chemicals in the U.S. remains elusive. The program was to be completed in 2005 but some companies have yet to submit plans for voluntary tests on their products.

Focuses on United States Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to test the impact of industrial chemicals on children. Concerns raised by public health experts; Inadequacy of regulations designed to shield adults from environmental assaults; Formation of the Children's Health Chemical Testing Program.

The article focuses on the plan of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to review and assess controversial chemicals or classes of substances, according to Wendy Cleland-Hamnett of the Office of Pollution Prevention & Toxics. A two-step process is being planned by the EPA for selecting priority chemicals. Proposals were given by representatives of the chemical industry and health advocacy groups on how the EPA should proceed with the selection process.

Discusses a proposed plan for the United States Environmental Protection Agency on how to rank submissions of chemical companies on safety of high-production-volume chemicals. Assessment of data on chemicals which pose a health or environmental hazard; Review of information on lower priority substances; Prioritization of submissions for assessment.

The article reports that 12 states have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) December 2006 rule which allows companies to provide less right-to-know information about toxic releases. The EPA rule allows about a third of the 24,000 facilities that file Toxics Release Inventory reports to submit less information about their releases on one or more chemicals.

The article reports on director of natural resources and the environment at Government Accountability Office (GAO), John B. Stephenson's claim that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rule on chemical releases causes environmental justice concerns. He points out that facilities that can provide less information about their chemical releases are located in minority and low-income communities.

The article reports on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ToxCast program. It reveals that pesticides that have already undergone traditional toxicity studies will be among the first chemicals run through rapid computer tests under the program. The EPA's National Center for Computational Toxicology is spearheading the ToxCast program.

The article focuses on the High Production Volume Information System, an interactive public database of information about mass-produced chemicals being constructed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The database is being used by academics and consultants in ways never envisioned by the industry.

The article reports on the ruling of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that toxicity and degradation tests be conducted by manufacturers, importers and processors of 17 high-production-volume (HPV) chemicals. Basic toxicity information is being sought by the EPA. Data for the compounds are volunteered to be produced by chemical firms through the HPV Challenge Program, launched in 1998 by the EPA.

The article reports on developments related to government regulations on chemicals in the U.S. An Institute of Medicine suggests how the federal government can improve cost-effectiveness analyses.

Reports on developments related to government policy on chemicals in the U.S. Implementation of the rules of the Environmental Protection Agency that require production of lower volatility summer gasoline.

Reports on the response of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. to the allegations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about fluorochemical. Failure of the company to provide information about perflourooctanoic acid found in the umbilical cord of a female worker's baby; Citation of the Toxic Substances Control Act; Argument of DuPont on the accusation of EPA.

Reports on developments related to the U.S. chemical industry. Grant of the University of Minnesota to set up centers of excellence for agricultural security; Resignation of Marianne L. Horinko, assistant administrator for solid waste and emergency response at the Environmental Protection Agency; Strategy of the country against bioterrorist attacks.

Reports on a Web-based tool from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that can be used to search chemical toxicity databases that are available to the public.