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Dec 08, 2022 | Recommendations for including chemicals management in electronics procurement procedures published by UNEP
Electronic and electrical products contain several hazardous substances, including lead, mercury and other metals, flame retardants, and certain phthalates. During material extraction and manufacturin...
Dec 08, 2022 | Chile’s route toward waste management and EPR
The "Waste Management, Extended Producer Responsibility and Recycling Promotion" Bill No 20.920, popularly known as "The Bill" or "REP Bill," emphasizes waste generation reduction and recycling promot...
Unexpected effects on the immune system are revealed by a gene study on tetrabromobisphenol A.
Dec 08, 2022
Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) is a potent flame retardant used in numerous appliances and is a major pollutant in households and ecosystems. It is the most widely used Bromophenolic flame retardant (B...
Maximum migration levels set by Israel for safety of toys
Dec 08, 2022
The revision of the Mandatory Standard SI 562 part 3 was published in the Israel Official Gazette Section of Government Notice no. 10401 “ISO 8124-3:2020 Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of cert...
South Korea updates the Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act
Dec 05, 2022
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea updated the ‘Enforcement Decree of the Chemical Control Act (CCA)’ on November 15th, 2022. This update is mainly on import reporting procedures for...
South Korea provides the Guideline for submitting a functional cosmetics report
Dec 07, 2022
National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) in South Korea provides a Guideline to prepare functional cosmetics report submission under the Enforcement Rule of the Cosmetic Act on De...
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
Dec 07, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the ‘Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of C...
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
Dec 07, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) and Chemica...
Israel REACH Regulation expecting to be approved by end of 2021
Jan 29, 2021
When Israel joined the OECD in 2010, the country planned to establish a national mechanism for registering chemicals. There are various regulations in Israel that regulate the practice of chemicals, a...
Russia: EPR for waste is expected to be implemented in January 2025
Dec 06, 2022
Because most of household waste generated in Russia ends up on the landfills, the Russian authorities are now developing updated legislative mechanisms such as extended producer responsibility (ERP) f...
East Africa releases new specifications on Insecticidal aerosols
Dec 06, 2022
In November 2022, the East African Standards Committee (EASC) released a Draft East African Standard (DEAS 1114:2022) that specifies the requirements, sampling, and test methods for insecticidal aer...
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