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Read more from GSC and the Regional Silicones Industry Associations (SEHSC, CES, SIAJ) and see what has been written about silicones in the news. Look here to find infographics, fact sheets, key messages, reports and studies supporting the silicone industry.

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Silicone Industry Research Commitment

As part of the Silicones Industry’s commitment to the safety of its products and its sound product stewardship practices, the industry has proactively conducted several VMS modelling and monitoring initiatives to enable active engagement in addressing concerns as they arise.

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Study

Measuring snow scavenging of two airborne cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes under controlled conditions

Chemosphere | Shihe Xu, Annette Vogel

Reports

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

Michael J. Whelan, Jaeshin Kim

Multimedia fate and transport models (MFTMs) describe how chemicals behave in the environment based on their inherent properties and the characteristics of receiving systems.

Study

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

Science of the Total Environment 636:1382-1395 (2018)

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Assessing the Aquatic Risks of the Cyclic Volatile Methyl Siloxane D4

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 3:359–363 (2016) | Anne Fairbrother, Kent B. Woodburn

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Benthic invertebrate exposure and chronic toxicity risk analysis for cyclic volatile methylsiloxanes: Comparison of hazard quotient and probabilistic risk assessment approaches

Chemosphere 192:337-347 (2018) | Kent B Woodburn, Rita M Seston, Jaeshin Kim, David E Powell

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Elucidating the Behavior of Cyclic Volatile Methylsiloxanes in a Subarctic Freshwater Food Web: A Modeled and Measured Approach

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 51:12489-12497 (2017) | Ingjerd S. Krogseth, Emma Undeman, Anita Evenset, Guttorm N. Christensen, Mick J. Whelan, Knut Breivik, Nicholas A. Warner

News

December 10, 2020

The Real World Costs of Heavy-Handed Chemical Regulation

The Federalist Society | Jeff Stier

News

October 22, 2020

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

Chemical Watch | Rashmi Naidu

Press Release

October 7, 2020

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

WASHINGTON (October 7, 2020) – Members of the Silicones Environmental, Health and Safety Center (SEHSC), a sector group of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), today welcomed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision to grant the industry’s request for a risk evaluation of D4 under the Toxic Substances Control Act. SEHSC is planning to formally notify EPA […]