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Sep 15, 2025 | China Releases 2025 National Standards Relevant to Chemical Management and Hazardous Substance Control
On August 28, 2025, China’s national standardization authorities officially published the 18th batch of national standards for 2025. Among them are several standards directly relevant to chemical m...
Sep 15, 2025 | EPA Invites Experts for Peer Review of Draft D4 Risk Evaluation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting nominations of qualified scientists to serve as ad hoc peer reviewers for the draft risk evaluation of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4, CAS...
UNECE publishes 11th Revised Edition of GHS
Sep 15, 2025
Update: On 12 September 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the eleventh revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Ch...
India Revises Export Obligation Period for QCO-Exempt Imports
Sep 12, 2025
India's Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has issued a significant policy amendment via Notification No. 28/2025-26, revising the export obligation (EO) period under the Advance Authorizat...
Japan: MHLW Publishes Updated GHS-Compliant Model SDS Information
Sep 11, 2025
On 10 September 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) amended the list of GHS-compliant model Safety Data Sheet (SDS) information for chemical substances. The amended list was p...
South Korea Expands K-REACH Act: SME Support and Environmental Agency Roles Enhanced
Sep 09, 2025
On August 20, 2025, South Korea announced a revision of the enforcement decree of K-REACH Act (Act on the Registration and Evaluation of Chemical Substances). The amendment follows the revision of t...
Taiwan OSHA to Host Regional Seminars on Workplace Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Assessment
Sep 09, 2025
On 5 September 2025, Taiwan’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announces that it will hold three regional seminars from October 1 to 8, 2025 to guide employers and occupational saf...
Taiwan Strengthens Drinking Water Safety with New PFAS and Emerging Contaminant Guidelines
Sep 09, 2025
On 9 September 2025, Taiwan’s Ministry of Environment (MEO) announced that nationwide drinking water tests for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are in compliance with national limits. At t...
Taiwan to Revise Chemical Hazard Communication Rules Following GHS Revision 8 Update
Sep 09, 2025
On 9 September 2025, TaiWan's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announces that it will host free online seminars on 21 and 22 October 2025 to introduce updates to the Globally Harmonized S...
ECHA to Publish Notifier Details in C&L Inventory from 1 July 2026
Sep 09, 2025
From 1 July 2026, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will begin publishing the names of companies that have submitted classification and labelling (C&L) notifications under the CLP Regulation. Th...
Vietnam Seeks Comments on Draft Decree to Implement New Law on Chemicals
Sep 05, 2025
On September 5, 2025, Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) opened a public consultation on a draft Government Decree that will operationalize the new Law on Chemicals No. 69/2025/QH15.Des...
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