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Mar 08, 2022 | Canada consults for pesticide management

The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA), on 7 March 2022, proposes a maximum residue limit for Pyraziflumid (PMRL2022-02).  The proposed limit includes: MRL (ppm)1 Ra...

Pesticides Canada Consultation
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Mar 08, 2022 | Australia consults on the safety standards for children’s toys

Children's products safer alternatives
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Australia bans mercury and mercury-containing products
Mar 08, 2022

On  7 March 2022, Australia notified the changes to its laws regarding Mercury, in a bid to comply with the Minamata Convention obligations. Due to the amendment, Australia now prohibits the import...

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Additional Global Plastics Treaty Proposals
Mar 04, 2022

At the UN Environment Assembly that happened from 28th February to 2nd March, along with Japan, India has placed another proposal on the table which states an alternative resolution on single use p...

Plastics India Single-use plastics directive
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Brazil updates allowed UV filters in cosmetics
Mar 03, 2022

On February 9, 2022, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a resolution addressing ultraviolet (UV) filters allowed to be present in cosmetics. In addition, Resolution 600 form...

Cosmetic Products Brazil
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Chile targets indiscriminate single-use of plastics
Mar 03, 2022

Since February 13, 2022, single-use plastics products have faced a ban in Chile. Law 21.368 was published in August 2021 and aims to fight back the indiscriminate use of single-use plastics in diffe...

Circular economy Plastics Chile
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European Commission takes the final step to end mercury exemption in lamps
Mar 03, 2022

European Commission publishes 12 delegated acts to end the exemptions for the use of mercury in lamps. These lamps include general-purpose compact (CFL) and linear fluorescent (LFL) lamps. Conside...

EPR for electrical and electronics Hazard assessment Restricted substances in EEE Electrical & electronics Mercury EU
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ECHA Proposes a ban of PFASs in firefighting foams
Mar 03, 2022

On the 23rd of February 2022, the REACH Annex XV restriction dossier was published addressing PFASs’ risks in firefighting foams to human health and the environment. The European Chemicals Agency ...

EU chemicals strategy EU REACH Human health exposure PFAS EU
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MEE Solicits Public Comments on Draft Plan for Digital Transformation in Hazardous Waste Management
Feb 24, 2022

The Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a Draft Plan for Digital Transformation in Hazardous Waste Management on the 18th of January 2022. This draft mainly focuses on the...

Hazardous waste China
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India consults for 34-dichlorophenyl isocyanate
Feb 23, 2022

Till the 16th of March 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) consults on the draft Indian Standard (IS) for 3,4-dichlorophenyl isocyanate. BIS published a daft in February, describing the subs...

Chemical notification/ registration India BIS
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Canada moves further to ban cosmetics testing on animals
Feb 23, 2022

In January 2022, Cosmetic Alliance (CA) and a representative from their allied stakeholder coalition met with Health Canada (HC) officials to discuss the ban of cosmetics testing on animals in Canada....

Animal testing Cosmetic Products Canada

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