AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoPFAS & public health: A new study pinpoints PFDA as a particularly harmful “forever chemical” during fetal development, linking it to craniofacial birth defects via retinoic acid disruption. Regulation & safer testing: Humane World for Animals says the EPA is expanding non-animal methods for chemical and pesticide safety assessments, pushing the shift away from rabbit/rat/mouse testing. Chemical policy in cosmetics: New York’s proposed Beauty Justice Act would ban or tightly restrict a list of harmful chemicals in cosmetics, including PFAS, lead, mercury, benzene and arsenic. Industry supply chain pressure: India’s government set up six working groups to identify up to 100 products for domestic manufacturing, including chemicals and petrochemicals. Energy & chemicals infrastructure: Payal Industrial Park and Fourier will pilot hydrogen-based long-duration energy storage at Dahej, aiming to support industrial operations with cleaner power. Trade/energy cooperation: BYD and Sinopec signed a framework to build a smart energy ecosystem, including charging networks and supply-chain cooperation across energy and battery materials.
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