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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Oregon Newsletter for 2025-07-06 ( 5 items )  
Liquid biopsies for cancer come with trade-offs (10)
COLUMBIA, Missouri, July 3 [Category: Media] -- The Association of Health Care Journalists posted the following news: * * * Liquid biopsies for cancer come with trade-offs * Will liquid biopsies transform cancer care? * Moderator: Liz Szabo, independent journalist * Jared Fischer, assistant professor of molecular genetics, Oregon Health & Science University * Jose Montoya Mira, translational scientist and bioengineer, Oregon Health & Science University * Jasmine Zhou, professor o more PR

Maureen Bayer and Rachel Melissa Talk Extended Producer Responsibility Law at CoffeeFest (10)
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 4 -- Tonkon Torp, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Maureen Bayer and Rachel Melissa Talk Extended Producer Responsibility Law at CoffeeFest * Environmental attorneys Maureen Bayer and Rachel Melissa were featured presenters at last month's 2025 CoffeeFest Portland exhibition. The two spoke to an audience of coffee industry professionals on how coffee businesses can best navigate Extend Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws in Oregon and beyond. They offered a more PR

Oregon PIRG Statement: Oregon Launches 'Recycling Modernization Act' (10)
PORTLAND, Oregon, July 1 -- The Oregon State Public Interest Research Group issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Oregon launches 'Recycling Modernization Act' First 'producer responsibility' law in US for packaging, paper products takes effect * Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, which takes effect Tuesday, is the first "producer responsibility" law for packaging and paper products to go online in the United States. The new law, first passed by the Or more PR

Oregon Tool Raises Concerns Over Inclusion Request for Electric Hand Tools (10)
WASHINGTON, July 5 -- Oregon Tool Inc. has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security expressing concerns regarding an inclusion request filed by the North American Die Casting Association (NADCA) under the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariff inclusion process. The company emphasizes that NADCA's petition is not valid as it does not represent producers of electric hand tools. Oregon Tool, a leading manufacturer of professional-grade  more ST

Statement: Federal Agencies Torch 'People's Environmental Law' En Masse While U.S. Senate Forces Wildly Unpopular Budget Bill Through (10)
EUGENE, Oregon, July 1 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Statement: Federal agencies torch 'people's environmental law' en masse while U.S. Senate forces wildly unpopular budget bill through Yesterday, federal agencies began publishing en masse radical changes to National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules and policies significantly weakening and in some instances entirely eliminating otherwise longstanding protections essential to federal age more PR