COUNCIL CALLS FOR CUMULATIVE PHTHALATES STUDY The National Research Council December 18 recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) study how combined exposures to phthalates cause cumulative adverse human health effects.
BETTER NANOTECH SAFETY PLAN NEEDED FINDS COUNCIL The U.S. needs a better approach to studying the potential health and safety effects of nanotechnology, the National Research Council asserted December 10.
CUSTOMS PROMOTES SEIZURES OF TOYS AND LIGHTS U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) December 17 said that so far in 2008 they had seized shipments of toys worth nearly $535,000 and with lead levels exceeding U.S. standards.
