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Jul 19, 2024 | Kenya’s Pest Control Products Board approves new Regulations in 2024
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) of Kenya has implemented a comprehensive set of new regulations in 2024, to ensure safety, quality, and responsible use of pest control product. These rules addr...
Jul 19, 2024 | Release of QSAR Toolbox 4.7: Major Update with Enhanced Functionality
The latest version of the QSAR Toolbox, version 4.7, was released on 12 July 2024. The QSAR Toolbox is a freely available software developed by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and OECD Environmen...
Argentina Expedites Pesticide Registration by Recognizing Technical Equivalence with Seven Countries
Jul 18, 2024
Argentina has taken a significant step towards expediting its pesticide registration procedure by recognising technical equivalence with seven key countries: the United States, Mexico, the European Un...
Bureau of Indian Standards Closes Consultation on Revised Standard for Sodium Chloride.
Jul 18, 2024
The Bureau of Indian Standards has recently closed its consultation on a revised standard for sodium chloride used as an analytical reagent. The consultation, which closed on 25 June 2024, outlined th...
European Commission Proposes to Amend Cosmetic Regulation to Ban 21 CMR Substances
Jul 18, 2024
On 24 June 2024, the European Commission issued a draft amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009, which regulates the use of substances in cosmetic products. The draft was notified to the World Trade...
EPA Issues Compliance Guide for Methylene Chloride Rule after Banning Most Uses Due to Health Risks
Jul 18, 2024
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a compliance guide for the recently enacted methylene chloride risk management rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA...
South Korea implements safety management system for biocides in home appliances.
Jul 17, 2024
On July 12, the Ministry of Environment and the Korea Consumer Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with home appliance companies to establish an autonomous safety management system for b...
EU Publishes Rolling Updates Extending Restrictions on Substances
Jul 17, 2024
On 1 July 2024, CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP) approved the review of the rolling list, leading to the publication of updates to Annex I of the Restrictions Roadmap under the Chemic...
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