Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and its consulting affiliate, The Acta Group (Acta®), recently released their Forecast for U.S. Federal and International Chemical Regulatory Policy 2020. In this detailed and comprehensive document, the legal, scientific, and regulatory professionals of B&C and Acta distill key trends in U.S. and global chemical law and policy, and provide our best informed judgment as to the shape of key developments we are likely to see in the New Year.
The forecast was prepared by the global team of professionals from the two firms. The core business of the firms are the law, science, regulation, and policy of chemicals of all varieties — industrial, agricultural, intermediate, specialty, and biocidal, whether manufactured at the bulk or nano scale, or using conventional or innovative technologies, including biotechnology, synthetic biology, or biobased.
The team that put together the forecast was comprised of scientists (seven Ph.D.s), including toxicologists, chemists, exposure experts, and geneticists; regulatory and policy experts; and lawyers is deeply versed in chemical law, science, and policy and our unique business platform seamlessly leverages and ensures the integration of law and science to achieve success at every level, and in all parts of the globe.
The table of contents for the forecast can be found below.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. UNITED STATES: CHEMICAL FORECAST
- INTRODUCTION
- TSCA
- FIFRA
- U.S. NANOTECHNOLOGY
- BIOTECHNOLOGY
- BRAG
- HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION
- TRADE
- PROP 65
- INGREDIENT DISCLOSURE
- FDA FOOD AND COSMETICS REGULATION
- OSHA, WHMIS, AND GHS
II. KEY GLOBAL CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT PREDICTIONS
APPENDIX A: B&C SPEECHES AND WRITINGS
APPENDIX B: B&C WEBINARS AND PODCASTS AVAILABLE ON DEMAND
APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY