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Sep 15, 2015

State of Maine Announces Designation of Four New Chemicals as Priority Chemicals

UNITED STATES ̶ The State of Maine has added four new chemicals to the list of priority chemicals under the Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products Act. These include: Di(2-ethylhexyl)…

Sep 15, 2015

State of Oregon Governor Signs Chemical Regulation for Children’s Products

UNITED STATES ̶ Governor Kate Brown has signed Senate Bill 478 B, or the Toxic-Free Kids Act to establish and maintain a list of chemicals of concern for children’s health that specifies…

Sep 15, 2015

UL Warns of Counterfeit Fire Sprinklers (Release No. 15PN-21)

NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 15, 2015 — The following is a notification from UL that the fire sprinklers identified below bear counterfeit UL…

Sep 15, 2015

UL Warns of Unauthorized UL Mark on USB Wall Charger (Release No. 15PN-23)

(Version française) (Versión en español) NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 15, 2015 — The following is a notification from UL that the USB wall charger identified below bears an unauthorized UL…

Sep 14, 2015

OEHHA Adds Teriparatide and CMNP to Proposition 65 List of Chemicals

UNITED STATES - The California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has listed two chemicals as known to the state to cause cancer. The details of the listing are: …

Sep 14, 2015

Surge in Grid-Connected Renewable Energy Sources Tests the Limits of Older Grid Systems

California and Hawaii are taking advantage of renewable resources, such as sun, wind and water, to power their states. California’s utilities received 20 percent of their electricity from…

Sep 14, 2015

UL Continues Global Expansion of Toys Services in Brazil

UL Brazil is now a Product Certification Body accredited by CGCRE (Coordenação Geral de Acreditação de Laboratórios). This brings the testing scope to 50 accreditations and the capability…

Sep 14, 2015

UL Partners With IGS for Toy Safety in Indonesia

Details UL Consumer Products has signed a partnership agreement with Integrita Global Sertifikat (IGS) to help deliver quality assurance services to UL clients manufacturing and marketing…

Sep 11, 2015

UL and Advanced Furniture Testing Provide US Performance, Durability Testing

Companies Form Strategic Relationship to Provide Furniture Manufacturers Performance, Durability Testing, and Expand UL Mark Certification Services Northbrook, IL Feb. 5, 2014 – UL and…

Sep 11, 2015

UL and Standard-Tech Establish Preferred Partnership to Provide UL Safety Certification for Furniture in China

UL, a global safety science leader, announced today that it has established a preferred partnership with Standard-Tech to provide manufacturers with the ability to test to UL Safety…

Sep 11, 2015

UL is Official Provider of NSF/ANSI 336 Certification for Sustainability in Contract Furnishings Fabric

UL certifies first products by Glen Raven to new standard Northbrook, IL April 17, 2014 – UL, a global safety science leader, announced today it is an official certifier to NSF/ANSI 336,…

Sep 11, 2015

"Interoperability: 4 Keys to Safe Successful Wearable Technology Use" by UL's Anura Fernando featured on MDTMag.com

By: Anura Fernando, Principal Engineer, UL Medical Software and Systems Interoperability In the first article in this series, I covered one of three primary risks, physical harm, that…

Sep 11, 2015

201405 - ENERGY STAR Updates

1. On 5/5, the EPA shared that planning is well underway for the 2014 ENERGY STAR Products Partner Meeting, which will be held October 27-29, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. UL will be present…

Sep 11, 2015

201408 - Energy Efficiency Update

EPA: 1. On 6/23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is pleased to share a final draft of changes to the Version 6.0 ENERGY STAR Computer specification that adds slates/tablets…

Sep 11, 2015

201409 – Energy Efficiency Update

EPA : On 8/4, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) welcomes your input on the Draft 1 Version 1.0 ENERGY STAR® Large Network Equipment (LNE) specification, as well as the Draft…

Sep 11, 2015

201410 - Energy Efficiency Update

EPA: On August 12th, 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final Version 6.1 ENERGY STAR Computer Program Requirements. The Version 6.1 requirements took…

Sep 11, 2015

201412 – Energy Efficiency Update

EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency): 1. In response to questions on testing requirements for re-certification of set-top boxes to the Version 4.1 specification, the EPA has released…

Sep 11, 2015

201502 – Energy Efficiency Update

EPA (US Environmental Protection Agency) The EPA released the ENERGY STAR® Televisions Version 7.0 Final Specification on December 30, 2014. As of this date, partners may choose to have…

Sep 11, 2015

201503 - Energy Efficiency Update

ENERGY STAR® Monthly Update Has your certified product been removed from the ENERGY STAR website? A: On March 4, a notification was sent out by the EPA stating that the EPA has removed a…

Sep 11, 2015

201507 – Energy Efficiency Update

The British Columbia (B.C.), Canada's Ministry of Energy and Mines published the Energy Efficiency Act (EEA) Standards for Small Battery Charging Systems on Feb. 20, 2015. The effective…