EPA
Announces DecaBDE Phase-out Initiative
On December 17, 2009, as the result of negotiations with EPA, the two U.S. producers of
decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), Albemarle Corporation and Chemtura Corporation, and the
largest U.S. importer, ICL Industrial Products, Inc., announced commitments to phase out
decaBDE in the United States.
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ACC Expresses Strong Concerns about EPA'S Approach to Chemical Action Plans
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... voluntary Deca phase out initiative with the goal that companies will comply
with a timetable to cease all production, importation, and sales of decaBDE ...
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Albemarle
Announces Phase-Out of Decabrom
Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) today announced it would begin an important
shift in the production and sale of Deca-BDE.
Chemtura Corporation Announces Phase out of Deca-BDE
Chemtura Corporation, debtor-in-possession (Pink Sheets: CEMJQ) ("Chemtura"), today announced that by the end of 2012 it will phase out production, importation and sale for most uses of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE).
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