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Aug 27, 2024 | New regulations on cosmetic applications have been launched in India
India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) announced a major improvement to the registration and import procedure for cosmetics on August 9, 2024. Companies submitting applications th...
Aug 27, 2024 | Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts Advance Regulatory Actions to Combat PFAS
Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts have recently advanced their efforts to phase out PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). PFAS are a group of synthetic chemicals widely used in consumer pr...
Japan designates PFHxS-related chemicals as Class I Specified Chemicals Substances
Aug 27, 2024
On 1 August 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) jointly released a notice to designate per...
EPA Announces Enhanced Standards for Safer Choice and DfE Certifications
Aug 21, 2024
On August 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced revisions to enhance the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment (DfE) Standard. These changes identify the criteria tha...
Ukraine Takes Another Step Towards EU Integration by Approving State Register of Chemicals
Aug 21, 2024
On 21 August 2024, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine (MEPNR) announced that the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved the procedure for maintaining the S...
EPA Proposes High Priority Substance Designations under the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA
Aug 20, 2024
On July 31, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified the World Trade Organization of its proposal to designate the following 5 substances as high priority substances under the Toxic Su...
Canada Amends Domestic Substances List to Enhance Environmental Protection and Public Health
Aug 20, 2024
On July 15, 2024, the Canadian Government introduced Order 2024-87-23-01, a significant amendment to the Domestic Substances List (DSL) under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Th...
South Korea aims to use organoids in experiments instead of animals.
Aug 19, 2024
On July 15, 2024, Rep. Lim I-ja of the People Power Party introduced a bill to amend the ‘Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances’ (K-REACH). This bill aims to allow the use of o...
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