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Oct 12, 2022 | Malaysia consults on aligning health and safety rules with GHS 8
Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is consulting on amendments to its health and safety regulations. The main purpose behind this is to align the regulations with the eig...
Oct 12, 2022 | South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Eval...
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
Oct 12, 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 Chemica...
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
Oct 12, 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) on October ...
Argentina Australia and the US comment on lithium classification proposals
Oct 12, 2022
In August the European battery industry was joined by Argentina, Australia, and the US in warning against classification of Lithium compounds under the EU’s CLP. Their statements were sent to the Co...
Canada proposes to add Solvent Violet 13 to the list of toxic substances
Oct 11, 2022
The Canadian government has proposed adding Solvent Violet 13 to the country’s list of toxic substances under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), which is likely to trigg...
Japan seeks hazard information for ‘default candidate substances’
Oct 11, 2022
On 15 September 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly released a Notice to seek hazard ...
South Korea updates the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods
Oct 11, 2022
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Regulations on preparation methods for registration application dossier and hazard review methods’ under the Act...
Restrictions on four phthalates in EEE proposed by Vietnam
Oct 11, 2022
New restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) have been suggested by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to conform with the directives of ...
Study on cadmium quantum dot RoHS exemption by German Institute
Oct 11, 2022
Under the EU Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE), Germany’s Öko-Institut has initiated an evaluation on exemption requests for c...
RoHS exemption for use of lead in medical devices is approved by the European Commission
Oct 11, 2022
A seven-year extension, valid until 30 June 2027, to the exemption for the use of lead in medical equipment under the EU Directive on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) has been approved b...
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