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LOS ANGELES (Sept. 3, 11:55 a.m. ET) -- The state of Indiana has opted out of the whistle-blower lawsuit against pipe extruder JM Eagle. September 3, 2010
PITTSBURGH (Sept. 3, 11:15 a.m. ET) --  Bayer MaterialScience LLC is a member of a Pennsylvania State University-led consortium that will receive a five-year, $129 million grant primarily from the Department of Energy. September 3, 2010
OTTAWA, ONTARIO (Sept. 2, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Canada has added bisphenol A to its register of toxic substances, making it the first country in the world to make the move. The decision follows research that showed that 91 percent of Canadians has the plastics additive in their urine. September 2, 2010
EXETER, ENGLAND (Sept. 2, 1:35 p.m. ET) -- Changes in sex hormones associated with bisphenol A exposure in men have been identified for the first time. September 2, 2010
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (Sept. 1, 10 a.m. ET) -- For the third straight year, the effort to ban or tax plastic carryout bags in California has failed. The California Senate late Aug. 31 rejected AB 1998, which would have banned the use of plastic bags starting in 2012 at large grocery stores. The 20-14 no vote was seven votes short of what was needed to pass the measure, which had been approved by the state Assembly in June. September 1, 2010
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Aug. 27, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Two plastics companies are among those appealing a recent decision by the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission to green light the U.S.’s first large-scale offshore wind energy farm in the Atlantic Ocean. August 27, 2010
MEXICO CITY (Aug. 26, 12:55 p.m. ET) -- Explaining and applying the Mexican capital’s anti-plastic bag legislation is proving to be tough, and the law may be modified sooner than the plastics industry anticipated. August 26, 2010
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS (Aug. 26, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- A survey published by the American Chemistry Council shows residents in a Texas community are opposed to a recently enacted ban on plastic bags in retail stores. August 26, 2010
MEXICO CITY (Aug. 25, 12:15 p.m. ET) -- Mexico’s antitrust authority has given qualified approval of Mexichem SAB de CV’s acquisition of plastic pipe maker Plásticos Rex SA de CV and PVC resins producer Policyd SA de CV after an appeal process lasting 15 months. August 25, 2010
MEXICO CITY (Aug. 24, 1:40 p.m. ET) -- Mexico’s national plastics industry association will never give up trying to change society’s “mistaken idea” that plastics are to blame for environmental pollution, its president says. Anipac President Eduardo Martínez Hernández sent the message in an open letter to members, after authorities in Mexico City introduced heavy fines and even jail for commercial establishments that give away non-biodegradable plastic bags. August 24, 2010
BATAVIA, OHIO (Aug. 23, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Attention marketers: Within the next few weeks, you may be recasting your entire green-marketing strategy. Right now on the desks of Federal Trade Commissioners is the new set of so-called Green Guides that are used by the FTC to guide enforcement of existing laws. They are the first environmental-marketing guidelines in 12 years and could radically reshape how far marketers can go in painting their products, packaging or even corporate images green. August 23, 2010
TAMPA, FLA. (Aug. 23, 1:30 p.m. ET) -- Five years after Hurricane Katrina, building codes along the Gulf Coast today are, for the most part, inadequate, according to a report from the Tampa, Florida-based Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS). August 23, 2010
MEXICO CITY (Aug. 18, 1:55 p.m. ET) -- Stiff penalties, including jail, for giving away non-biodegradable plastic bags in commercial establishments went into effect in Mexico City at a minute past midnight Aug. 18. Penalties for breaking the law include up to 36 hours in jail and fines ranging up to $118,000. August 18, 2010
SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND (Aug. 18, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- The “Polymer REACH” project says it has identified key factors which to help steer its future work, for the benefit of polymer companies across Europe. Most importantly, the project has identified some low levels of awareness of REACH across member states and “a severe lack of specific information about REACH relating to the polymer industries.” August 18, 2010
GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Aug. 13, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- Europe’s plastic recycling industry is too dependent on China as a market and should work to open up scrap exports to places like India, the Middle East and Africa, according to the head of one of Europe’s plastics recycling trade groups. August 13, 2010

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