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ECHA Makes Progress on PFAS Restriction Proposal: Key Sectors under Review

Jun 24, 2024 | ECHA Makes Progress on PFAS Restriction Proposal: Key Sectors under Review

At their June meetings, the European Chemicals Agency's (ECHA) Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) have evaluated four key sectors and made provisional...

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Evaluation PFAS Annex XV restriction
DEFRA Extends Deadline of Public Consultation on Alternative Transitional Registration Model ATRm

Jun 24, 2024 | DEFRA Extends Deadline of Public Consultation on Alternative Transitional Registration Model ATRm

The UK government has extended the deadline of the public consultation on proposals to amend the current transitional provisions under UK-REACH by introducing an Alternative Transitional Registration...

Deadline Public Consultation UK-REACH Alternative Transitional Registration Model (ATRm)
Japan Proposes Amendments Regarding Online Procedures for Class I Specified Chemical Substances
Japan Proposes Amendments Regarding Online Procedures for Class I Specified Chemical Substances
Jun 20, 2024

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has proposed significant amendments to the procedures related to the manufacture of Class I Specified Chemical Substances under the Enforcement R...

CSCL METI
EU Inspectors to Check Product Labels for Hazardous Mixtures
EU Inspectors to Check Product Labels for Hazardous Mixtures
Jun 19, 2024

On 17 June 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced a new EU-wide project, REF-14, to ensure that products containing hazardous mixtures are correctly classified, labelled and packaged. Th...

CLP Hazardous chemicals Labelling
EPA Unveils New Peer Review approach for Two Solvents under TSCA
EPA Unveils New Peer Review approach for Two Solvents under TSCA
Oct 19, 2023

On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that its Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) will conduct a peer review of two key assessments: the Draft Risk Eva...

Hazard assessment Risk management TSCA
EPA Publishes SNAP Rule 26
EPA Publishes SNAP Rule 26
Oct 19, 2023

On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule entitled "Protection of Stratospheric Ozone: Listing of Substitutes Under the Significant New Alternatives Polic...

Human health exposure Ozone

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