Jun 03, 2022 | Consultation on 5 Proposed Persistent Organic Pollutants Substances
Following the proposal of five new Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), interested parties are now invited to comment on the draft regarding the respective substances listed below. These substances w...
Jun 03, 2022 | Updates on the German Proposed Restriction for PFHxA
Recently, the opinions of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) were made available publicly on the ECHA website for undecafluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA). An initial ...
Withdrawal of Interest in Substance Application for Biocides Review Programme
Jun 03, 2022
According to ECHA, the once selected substance silver-polyethylenimine-chloride, as a new chemical to join in the biocides review programme now needs some new concerned business bodies to continue its...
ECHA intends to identify an SVHC in Belgium and France
Jun 03, 2022
According to ECHA, there is a new intention to identify a Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) from Belgium together with France. The substance of interest is 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol (i.e. Bisphen...
Vietnam plans to change rules for restricted chemicals
Jun 03, 2022
Consultation on the proposed amendments to the Vietnamese rules on their restricted chemical licences, labelling, management logbooks, and annual reporting deadlines is currently ongoing until June 26...
UK REACH and CLP Laws in Consolidated Texts
Jun 03, 2022
Consolidated versions of UK REACH and Classification, Labelling and Packaging (CLP) legislation were published, including the incorporation of amendments made to EU regulations covering post-Brexit na...
Australia publishes 9 evaluations for chemical use and associated risks
Jun 02, 2022
On the 30th of May 2022, Australia published some evaluations under section 78 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. The draft versions of these evaluations were initially published for public consult...
Hazardous chemicals found in plastic products in Africa and Arab
Jun 02, 2022
Two Non-Governmental Organizations conducted tests on toys and other consumer products found on sale in African and Arab countries. A report published on May 24, 2022, shows that the tests discovered ...
South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances
Jun 02, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Eva...
South Korea consults on a draft amendment for the designation of biocidal substances
May 30, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘Designation of existing biocidal substances subject to approval deferment’ under the Consum...
South Africa plans to update its toy migration limits
May 25, 2022
South Africa opened a consultation until April 29, 2022, to consult on the migration limits for 19 substances used in toy production. This new draft standard is aimed at upgrading South Africa’s toy...
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