Jun 30, 2021 | AICIS - Registration and Application Fees from 1 July 2021
The Government has appointed Graeme Barden as the new Executive Director of the nation’s industrial chemicals assessment and regulatory body, the Australian Industrial Chemicals In...
Jun 28, 2021 | South Korea consulting on a draft amendment of the K-REACH enforcement decree & rule
The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of the K-REACH enforcement decree and rule, which was published on June 3rd. The draft of decree amendment ma...
Australia Calls for Information On 188 Chemicals With No Known Commercial Use
Jun 22, 2021
Australian authority has identified 188 chemicals that are on the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals and according to the authority, these chemicals are not manufactured, imported, or us...
Selenium and its compounds added to Canada’s Schedule 1 – Toxic Substance List
May 12, 2021
Final screening assessment and proposed risk management approach The Government of Canada under the Act of Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), has added sel...
Canada intends to approach PFAS as single class
May 30, 2021
The Government of Canada evaluated the risks of PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs, and published the findings in screening assessment reports in 2006 and 2012. The PFOS, PFOA, and LC-PFCAs (and ...
Brazil: The National Chemical Inventory is a step ahead
May 30, 2021
The Law Bill 6.120/2019 is in possession of the Environment and Sustainable Development Commission (CMADS) of the Deputies’ Chamber since early December 2019, aiming to create the National Inven...
Mercosur intends to harmonize GHS implementation
May 20, 2021
In a meeting held in May 19-20, 2021 (SGT 6), the Mercosur Environment Working Subgroup recommended advancing the regulatory framework within the bloc. The proposal includes the adoption of an updated...
Latin America unites to promote national management of chemicals
May 20, 2021
The Latin American Regulatory Cooperation Forum (LARCF), coordinated with the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), published the Roadmap for the Rational Management of Industrial Che...
Latin America Defines an Action Plan for 2021-2024
May 20, 2021
At the XXII Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean on 1-2 February 2021, ministries from six countries in Latin America announced the Action Plan 2021...
Regulatory action will be taken on Nearly 300 chemicals identified by ECHA
May 25, 2021
Last year, ECHA continued addressing groups of structurally similar substances instead of assessing each chemical individually. This group approach boosted the total number of chemicals assessed i...
204 chemical substances were added in IECSC
May 30, 2021
Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) announced that the 3rd batch of chemical substance were added in the IECSC on 16 April. There were 204 chemical substances added this time. Since the...
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