California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has issued a Proposition 65 safe use determination (SUD) for exposures to crystalline silica from four specific wood filler products. This determination relates to four Woodwise products, designed for use on hardwood floors, that contain crystalline silica in small amounts.
United States
Name
United States
ISO
US
Region
North America
Risk
Deforestation
No
Transhipment
No
Labour Rights & H&S
No
Environment
Yes
Biodiversity
Yes
Forest Area
Land Area
914,742,000
ha
Forest Area
310,370,000
ha (33.9%)
FSC Forest Area
13,804,451
ha (4.4%)
FSC CoCs
2,802
PEFC Forest Area
33,252,664
ha (10.7%)
PEFC CoCs
3
Paper Mills 43
| Mill |
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| American Eagle American Eagle Paper Mills |
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| Androscoggin Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC |
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| Ashdown, AR Domtar |
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| Biron Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. |
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| Blandin UPM Kymmene |
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| Boise White Paper, International Falls, MN Boise Paper Holdings LLC |
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| Brownville FiberMark FiberMark |
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| Calhoun Resolute Forest Products |
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| Cloquet Sappi North America |
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| Covington Smurfit Westrock |
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| Cypress Bend AR Clearwater Paper Inc |
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| Eastover Sylvamo |
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| Ecological Fibers na |
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| Escanaba Billerud |
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| Evadale MeadWestvaco Papers |
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| Finch Paper Finch Paper Group |
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| glatfelter glatfleter |
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| International Paper International Paper |
|
| Johnsonburg, PA Domtar |
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| Lewiston Clearwater Paper Inc |
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| Library Binding Service Library Binding Service |
|
| Madawaska, Maine Twin Rivers Paper Co. |
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| Midwest Paper Group Appleton Coated |
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| Millwood Inland Empire Paper Company |
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| Mohawk Paper Mill Mohawk Fine Papers Inc. |
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| Neenah Paper Mill Neenah Paper |
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| Nekoosa Domtar |
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| Norpac North Pacific Paper Corporation |
|
| Phoenix Paper Phoenix |
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| Pine Bluff Mill Pactiv-Evergreen |
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| Pixelle Specialty Solutions (Chillicothe, Ohio) Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC |
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| Pixelle Specialty Solutions (Spring Grove, PA) Pixelle Specialty Solutions LLC |
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| Port Townsend Paper Corporation Port Townsend Paper Corporation |
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| Quinnesec Billerud |
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| Roosevelt Paper Company Roosevelt |
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| Rothschild Domtar |
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| Rumford Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. |
|
| Somerset Sappi North America |
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| Texarkana Mill Graphic Packaging International, Inc. |
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| Ticonderoga Sylvamo |
|
| Wickliffe LLC Global Win |
|
| Willamette Falls Paper Company West Linn Paper Co. |
|
| Wisconsin Domtar |
Forest Legislations 2
California issues Prop 65 crystalline silica safe use determination
Chemical Watch, 18 Feb 2020
New York’s ‘Toxic Toys’ Law: Governor Signs Legislation Regulating Chemicals in Children’s Products, But Changes to the Law Are Already Coming
The National Law Review, 11 Feb 2020
A new measure signed into law on 7 Feb by Gov. Andrew Cuomo will enact new regulations on chemicals found in children’s products sold in New York state. The Child Safe Products Act creates and maintains lists of dangerous or questionable chemicals and requires manufacturers to report any substances used in their products. By 2023, the state will ban the sale of products that use certain chemicals, including asbestos, and certain flame retardants. The Department of Environmental Conservation is responsible for notifying consumers of the presence of dangerous chemicals.
U.S. companies implicated in illegal timber trade from West Africa
Mongabay, 18 Apr 2019
A four-year investigation by the US Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) uncovered evidence of an illegal timber trade stretching from Chinese-owned Dejia Group in West Africa to major hardware stores located across the USA.
The timber was from the okoumé tree, classed vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with a range limited to just four African countries. US Federal officials are investigating the importers, Evergreen Hardwoods and Cornerstone Forest Products. The Dejia Group also exports to European countries where the EU Timber Regulation is in force, including France, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Greece.
Tea label giants vow probe after Sri Lanka labour abuse exposé
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 27 Mar 2019
An investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation found that some workers at tea estates certified by Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade in Sri Lanka suffer from illegal wage deductions and take home as little as 14 U.S. cents a day. Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade said they were investigating as deducting wages without workers' consent was not allowed by law and contravened their standards. Unilever said it was "deeply concerned" and would investigate. Major tea company Tetley, owned by India's Tata Global Beverages, said it was in touch with the Rainforest Alliance regarding the findings.
FDA Says It Found Asbestos in Makeup at Claire's
NPR, 6 Mar 2019
US regulators say several children’s makeup products from Claire's stores tested positive for asbestos. According to Chemical Watch, the US House of Representatives is considering a bill requiring talc-containing cosmetics marketed to children to bear a warning label that the product may be contaminated with asbestos.