Nov 14, 2022 | Japan updates its occupational disease substances list
On 14 October 2022, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced two different public consultation notifications to add 13 more compounds that could be hazardous to the health of wo...
Nov 14, 2022 | Colorado proposes the strictest consumer goods VOC limits in the US except for California
On 25 September the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recommended to amend its existing VOC rule to align with the 2018 "Phase V" Ozone Transportation Commission (OTC) regul...
Japan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards
Nov 11, 2022
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is currently considering a shift from legally compliant risk management to autonomous risk management in response to the growing risk management of new chemi...
Deadline to notify hazardous substances or mixtures in Chile under new regulations
Nov 11, 2022
Every two years manufacturers and importers of dangerous substances have to notify the environmental authority. The first notification deadline due on February 2024. Any manufacturer or importer...
India extends the deadline for implementing new EV battery standards testing norms
Nov 11, 2022
For the electric vehicle (EV) batteries India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the deadline for implementation of mandatory standards and testing norms. The testing norms ...
New circular 17/2022/TT-BCT is published
Nov 11, 2022
On 27 October 2002, the minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade signed a new circular on amending and supplementing articles of Decree 113 published on 2017 as well as detailing and guiding article...
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Nov 10, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-RE...
South Korea consults for the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical products
Nov 11, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical produc...
A draft chemical control order for benzene and vinyl chloride published by the Philippines DENR
Nov 10, 2022
In September 2022, two chemical control order (CCO) drafts were published by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines for benzene and vinyl chloride. The draft ord...
Vietnam proposes a draft version to restrict POPs in certain items
Nov 10, 2022
The second Draft of the National Technical Regulation on Thresholds for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Articles, Products, Commodities, and Equipment was issued by Vietnam's Ministry of N...
Fluorinated Polyethylene Food Contact Containers: FDA Issues RFI
Nov 10, 2022
As of 19 July 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested information regarding uses of fluorinated polyethylene in food contact containers. This proposal is a part of ongoing efforts ...
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