Leigh Boerner
Leigh Boerner

Policy Watch: FDA moves toward clinical trials of the psychedelic ibogaine

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Oct 09 26October 09, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Groups cite huge health costs from EPA’s power plant GHG rollback, vow to sue

The agency says carbon pollution limits offer ‘virtually no benefit,’ while critics predict more than 80,000 additional premature deaths

Sep 15 26September 15, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Policy Watch: US Treasury targets private school DEI programs

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Sep 11 26September 11, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Policy Watch: NSF graduate fellowship awards expected to drop 42% from FY26

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Sep 04 26September 04, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

EPA says lead scavenger in airplane fuel poses health risk

The agency is asking for public comment on ethylene dibromide, added to leaded fuels used in some small aircraft

Aug 20 26August 20, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Can the gutted US climate research program rise again?

With a new head who minimizes climate change’s impact, the program has a murky future

Jul 17 26July 17, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Companies withhold info more often for dangerous chemicals, C&EN finds

Analysis of EPA data highlights difficult balance between a company’s right to confidentiality and the public’s right to know about toxic chemicals

Jul 01 26July 01, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

EPA move risks politicizing chemical risk assessments, ex-official says

The Environmental Protection Agency is dropping its Integrated Risk Information System, according to a leaked internal memo, a step the chemical industry has consistently advocated

May 05 26May 05, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

EPA budget hearing ignores budget

Clashes over agency actions and basic math overshadow Administrator Zeldin’s testimony

May 01 26May 01, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Policy Watch: FDA moves to implement Trump order on psychedelic drugs

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Apr 24 26April 24, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Policy Watch: FDA issues draft guidance on genome-editing safety

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Apr 17 26April 17, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Apr 10 Policy Watch: HHS updates criteria for selecting vaccine-committee members

A weekly roundup of policy news in the chemical arena and beyond

Apr 10 26April 10, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Trump’s 2027 budget proposes deep cuts to science programs

Domestic agencies would face $73 billion in cuts, including reduced funding for scientific research and health and environmental programs

Apr 06 26April 06, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

EPA wants to let plastic incinerators skirt Clean Air Act

Buried in a proposal on natural disaster recovery is a bid to free pyrolysis plants from federal emission rules

Apr 01 26April 01, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

March 27 Policy Watch: Trump focuses on tech CEOs for science advisory panel

In other developments, the White House delays its nomination of a permanent CDC director, and states and cities sue the EPA over its endangerment-finding repeal

Mar 27 26March 27, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

EPA seeks weaker ethylene oxide emission standards

Used to sterilize medical devices, long-term exposure to EtO has been linked to cancer

Mar 19 26March 19, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

TSCA needs fixing, but Congress still split on how

Experts poke holes in suggested solutions at a hearing on Senate Republicans’ draft to expedite EPA new chemical reviews

Mar 05 26March 05, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

As the EPA formalizes end of research office, critics fear health impacts

Opponents view move as the end of independent environmental research at the agency

Mar 03 26March 03, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Feb. 27 Policy Watch: EPA sued over latest dicamba approval

In other developments, the EPA adds another PFAS to its Toxics Release Inventory program and the Interior Department proposes seabed mining rules

Feb 27 26February 27, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

Feb. 20 Policy Watch: Trump orders more glyphosate and phosphorus production

In other developments, lawsuits challenging the EPA endangerment rule begin and a draft GOP farm bill resurrects a pesticide liability shield

Feb 20 26February 20, 2026

Article at Chemical & Engineering News

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