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Dec 20, 2022 | Improving innovation and growth within the european chemical industry through safe and sustainable by-design
The Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) is a design, development, production, and use strategy for chemicals and materials that emphasises delivering the desired function (or service) while avoiding...
Dec 20, 2022 | Japan establishes monitoring criteria for potential substance exposure
On 21 November 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) published an interim report on worker exposure measuring requirements, in order to assist businesses in getting ready t...
New proposal on the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations TDGR.
Dec 16, 2022
The Transport department of Canada has announced that they are planning to pass a proposal to the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations (TDGR). This proposal would align the Canadian regulatio...
UN Environment Programme takes initiative to diminish hazardous chemicals in the textiles industry
Dec 16, 2022
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will collaborate with small to large enterprises involved in textiles manufacturing in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, and Vietnam to manage and reduce...
Change in the deadline and process of annual report for importer
Dec 15, 2022
In the circular 17/2022, the Ministry of Industry and Trade informed that the current date for enterprises to submit their annual report has changed from January 15th to February 15th. Additionally, o...
Thailand approves to restrict PFOA under the Stockholm Convention
Dec 15, 2022
As required under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992), the Ministry of Industry of Thailand's Department of Industrial Works opened the first draft notification for the public hearing procedu...
South Korea consults for the draft amendment of the Designation of Existing Biocidal Substances for Approval Deferment
Dec 15, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Designation of Existing Biocidal Substances for Approval Deferment’ under the Consumer Chem...
Swedish government cuts the budget on chemical safety
Dec 14, 2022
On 1 December 2022, the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI) published an announcement asking the government for more funding to ensure that Sweden can fulfil the demands of EU’s Market Surveillance Regula...
South Korea updates the Regulations on the Approval for Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification
Dec 14, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates the ‘Regulations on the Approval for Consumer Chemical Products Subject to Safety Verification’ under the Consumer Chemic...
Restrictions on dry-cleaning agent perchloroethylene in California from January 2022.
Dec 14, 2022
According to California air standards, businesses have roughly one month to phase out perchloroethylene from dry cleaning operations, but more state- and federal-level actions over the solvent are exp...
A new supplementary testing method for 16alpha-hydroxiprednisolone in cosmetics issued by NMPA in China
Dec 13, 2022
On 23 November 2022, the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in China released a new supplementary test method ‘BHJ 202203 Determination of 16alpha-hydroxiprednisolone in Cosmetics’. The t...
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