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ECHA Adds 5 New Substances of Very High Concern to Candidate List

Jan 23, 2024 | ECHA Adds 5 New Substances of Very High Concern to Candidate List

On 23 January 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that 5 chemicals have been added to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) due to their hazardous properties. T...

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Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Publishes Draft Hazardous Substances Rules

Jan 22, 2024 | Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency Publishes Draft Hazardous Substances Rules

The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency has recently published the draft Handling, Manufacture, Storage, Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Rules, 2024, in short the Hazardous Sub...

Hazardous chemicals Regulation
South Korea to help with costs of upgrading ageing hazardous chemical handling facilities.
South Korea to help with costs of upgrading ageing hazardous chemical handling facilities.
Jan 22, 2024

The Korean Ministry of Environment and the Korea Environment Corporation are offering financial support to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that handle hazardous chemicals to upgrade their ag...

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EU Parliament adopts new regulations to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases.
EU Parliament adopts new regulations to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases.
Jan 20, 2024

In line with the EU's and the world's climate goals, the European Parliament adopted new regulations on January 16, 2024, to reduce emissions of potent greenhouse gases. In an effort to encourage the...

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Malaysia opens public consultation on proposed revision of standards for the storage of hazardous substances
Malaysia opens public consultation on proposed revision of standards for the storage of hazardous substances
Jan 19, 2024

On 21 December 2023, the Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in Malaysia is opened a consultation on a proposed revision to its standards for the safe storage of packaged hazardous che...

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Japan releases English version of Food Contact Material Positive List
Japan releases English version of Food Contact Material Positive List
Jan 19, 2024

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has taken a significant step towards improving transparency and accessibility by releasing an English version of its positive list of substances a...

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Important Updates to the Great Britain Mandatory Classification and Labelling List
Important Updates to the Great Britain Mandatory Classification and Labelling List
Jan 18, 2024

On 11 January 2024, the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) announced that it is proposing to update the status of the list entries for 90 substances on the Great Britain Mandatory Classification and...

Hazardous chemicals Mandatory Classification and labelling MCL
East African countries notify draft fertilizer standards to WTO
East African countries notify draft fertilizer standards to WTO
Jan 18, 2024

On 11 December 2023, five East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of Draft East African Standards for 10 fertilisers. The noti...

Fertilizer WTO

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