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Cortec Releases New Rust Preventative

The new VpCI-330 rust preventative offers corrosion protection with an improved user experience

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Toxins That Can Help Us

Over many years, well-regarded AESF/NASF contributor Jack Dini wrote a series of fascinating columns to Plating & Surface Finishing, under the title Fact or Fiction?.  He hasn’t slowed down in 2021.  Here, he notes that more research studies are revealing that a little bit of some toxins can be quite helpful to human health. The following shows a number of examples.  

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Electroplating

California Metal Finishers React to Proposed Hex Chrome Regulations

California Air Resources Board proposes aggressive deadlines for a transition from hexavalent chromium plating to trivalent chromium.

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NASF Releases Public Policy Update for May 2021

The National Association for Surface Finishing has released its monthly Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of May.

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California Rule to Transition Hexavalent Chromium Processes to Trivalent Chromium

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposes agressive deadlines for transitioning to trivalent chromium.

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NASF Provides Technical Input to Danish EPA on Nickel Coatings

The NASF has provided information on nickel-free coatings and the use of nickel in coatings for a project for the Danish EPA.

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EPA Announces Plan to Update Toxics Release Inventory to Advance Environmental Justice

EPA to take steps under the Toxics release Inventory (TRI) to advance Environmental Justice, improve transparency for environmental information.

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EPA Announces Formation of PFAS Council

The EPA will form a council devoted to addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in an effort to escalate the Agency’s work on the issue. 

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EPA to Move Forward on Proposed Rule for N-Propyl Bromide

Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel to discuss EPA’s potential proposed rulemaking for n-propyl bromide (1-Bromopropane) under TSCA §6(a).

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