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Essence will Attend AgroChemEx 2019 in Shanghai
2019-09-02
We, Nanjing Essence Fine-Chemical Co., Ltd. will build a booth for business discussion with customers all over the world at AgroChemEx 2019. Our booth covers an area of 54 square meters and the booth No. is 1E16. We also prepare over 200 pesticide samples formed in 20 formulation...
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Glyphosate production in China to decrease by 43%
2019-09-02
After the recent completion of environmental compliance inspections related to phosphorous conducted in seven provinces in the Yangtze Economic Zone, 276 manufacturers were discovered to have non-compliance issues and are facing corrective actions and shutdowns. The leading manuf...
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Pesticide production to be introduced in Ningxia chemical park, China
2019-08-27
China’s Ningxia Ningdong Energy-Chemical Park focuses on coal-based chemicals, fine chemicals, high-end machinery manufacturing, energy-saving and environmental protection industries, as well as modern logistics. As being backed up by the production of methanol, ethylene, carbon ...
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70 countries adopted biotech crops to provide solutions to hunger, Malnutritionm and climate change
2019-08-27
A total of 70 countries adopted biotech crops through cultivation and importation in 2018, the 23rd year of continuous biotech crop adoption, according to the Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops in 2018 (ISAAA Brief 54) released by the International Service for the A...
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Weed Science Society issues statement concerning registration of glyphosate
2019-08-14
The board of directors of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) issued a statement supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) science-based approach to evaluating glyphosate - a herbicide that has been the focus of recent lawsuits by those concerned that it ...
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Chinese researchers develop new type of high-yielding rapeseed
2019-08-14
Chinese researchers have used gene-editing technology to develop a new type of high-yielding rapeseed, according to the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS).Plant height and branch number are essential components of rapeseed plant architecture and are directly correlat...
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Thailand Publishes New Proposed Chemical Regulatory Scheme
2019-08-14
By Nathan KongprachayaThailand published a Draft Chemical Act (CA) which will replace the currently effective Hazardous Substance Act (HSA) and its amendments – the principal legislature concerning chemicals management in Thailand.One of the most significant changes is the amendm...
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High-pollution chemical projects prohibited in Shandong, China’s major chemical industry province
2019-08-14
Recently, the Provincial Government of China’s major pesticide production province, Shandong, issued an Emergent Announcement of the prohibition of “Low Added Value, Low Technology, High Energy Consumption, High Waste Discharge and High Risk” Chemical Projects. As a follow-up mea...
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Only one pesticide technical product approved by ICAMA in July 2019
2019-08-14
According to the China Pesticide Registration Watch, 18 product registrations were approved by the Institute for the Control of Agrochemicals, Ministry of Agriculture (ICAMA) in July, 2019, including six herbicides, four insecticides, three hygienic insecticides, two plant growth...
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US won't approve labels that say glyphosate causes cancer
2019-08-14
The US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement "false and misleading." The ruling, issued Thursday, is a boost to US agriculture giant Monsanto and its...