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Safety Research & Science


New World For India And US – Analysis

...investment from the U.S. – most of it in Jio, India’s largest mobile network operator and digital services company. All the marquee tech names have made solid, long-term commitments to...


When ‘safety first’ puts us all at risk

...wrong. Australian regulators took a smarter ‘risk-proportionate’ approach to regulation when it came to more commonly used products that use silicone compounds. Silicone compounds are used in a range of...


Privacy Policy

...and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information obtained through analytics services to administer and improve this site, and we do not...


Transportation


Australia, Singapore, have lessons for Hong Kong

...medical technology sector. Medtech companies based in the region have been at the forefront of digitizing medicine and expanding access to telehealth, which has also proven to be a sector...


GSC Membership

...protecting member’s ability to produce, innovate, and market silicone materials in the global marketplace Participation in GSC operating, policy, advocacy, and stewardship committees Access to proprietary GSC human health and...


The EU’s anti-science laws hit here

...compounds are used in many common consumer products including airbags, face creams, solar panels and paints. They are also commonplace in medical equipment and prosthetics, automobiles, light bulbs, smartphones, computers...


Construction


Electronics


Energy


Healthcare


Silicones. Leading the way in transportation and mobility.


Silicones. Enabling the Healthcare Revolution.


Silicones. Enabling the Energy Revolution.


Silicones. Enabling the Construction Revolution.


Silicones. Shining a light on the technology sector.


Roles of steady-state and dynamic models for regulation of hydrophobic chemicals in aquatic systems: A case study of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and PCB-180 in three diverse ecosystems


Use of multiple lines of evidence to provide a realistic toxic substances control act ecological risk evaluation based on monitoring data: D4 case study


Unnecessary Regulations On Silicone Could Put Patients In Jeopardy

...bureaucrats and activists, particularly in Europe, have used flawed scientific models to push for restricting and even banning the use of certain silicone compounds in consumer products. This comes despite...


Industry in India calls for more transparency in development of overarching chemical law


Benefits & Uses


Sustainability


Application of multimedia models for understanding the environmental behavior of volatile methylsiloxanes: Fate, transport, and bioaccumulation

...for VMS requires particularly careful selection of model inputs because the properties of VMS differ from those of most organic compounds. For example, although n-octanol/water partition coefficient (K OW) values...


SEHSC Welcomes EPA-Granted Manufacturer-Requested Risk Evaluation of D4

...comprehensive and complete draft human health and environmental risk evaluation prepared in accordance with EPA guidance. This risk evaluation includes results from the rigorous D4 environmental monitoring program the silicones...


SEHSC Submits Request For EPA Risk Evaluation of D4

...U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conduct a risk evaluation of D4 under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Unique to the submission is the inclusion of a comprehensive and complete draft...


View: Beware of the precautionary approach to regulation


Resisting Europe’s Regulatory Imperialism: Robert D. Atkinson, President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation


Silicones Empower Sustainability


Benefits of Silicones


Quantitative structure‐reactivity relationships of hydroxyl radical rate constants for linear and cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes


Fugacity and activity analysis of the bioaccumulation and environmental risks of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5)


Growth‐Correcting the Bioconcentration Factor and Biomagnification Factor in Bioaccumulation Assessments


Silicone Makers Challenge EU Limits on Cosmetics Chemicals


Downstream users raise concerns over siloxanes SVHC decision


‘Tomorrow’s technology will suffer’ from siloxanes SVHC decision


Auto, medical device industries urge EPA to assess D4


American Chemistry Council: ‘No regulatory restrictions’ needed for D4


D4 poses negligible risk to environment, says industry