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Jul 14, 2022 | South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH)...
Jul 14, 2022 | China MEE-SCC clarifies several new chemical substance registration questions
On the 30th of June, the China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center under the Ministry of Environment and Ecology (MEE-SCC) published a FAQ document which specified several hot debated question...
US EPA consults on TCE and Methylene Chloride as harmful substances
Jul 12, 2022
On the 11th of July 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US notifies and seeks comment on a draft revision for trichloroethylene (TCE) risk evaluation issued under TSCA. The old d...
UK REACH Work Programme
Jul 12, 2022
In June, the UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) published Work Programme 2022/23 detailing the UK REACH activities carried out in the last calendar year and the activities HSE will carry out for t...
Vietnam adopts the updates and amendments to the Asean Cosmetic Directive
Jul 11, 2022
On May 25 and 27, 2022, an online conference for the 35th ASEAN Cosmetic Committee (ACC) Meeting was held. The aim of the meeting was to provide up-to-date information on standards, rules and regulati...
India to ban heavy metals in Dipentene
Jul 11, 2022
A proposed amended standard that would prohibit the use of heavy metals in dipentene, which is used to make paints, enamel, lacquers, and polishes, is being discussed by India until July 25. The fo...
US EPA publishes new use rules for toxic substances
Jul 07, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publishes new use rules (SNURs) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that are subject to premanufacture notices (PMNs)....
US EPA consults on PCE as a toxic substance
Jul 07, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on July 4, 2022, notified its draft revision to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This is for risk determination for Perchloroethylene (PCE) risk e...
Overview of the Helsinki Chemicals Forum 2022
Jul 05, 2022
The Helsinki Chemicals Forum held from June 8 to 9, 2022 was a great success, from which key highlights of the industry were discussed brilliantly. This is a hybrid event, a first of its kind and ther...
Preconditioned EU Strategy for Competitiveness of Chemicals Industry
Jul 05, 2022
At the Green Economy Business Summit on June 8, 2022, it was highlighted that the successful implementation of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability (CSS) is "preconditioned" so that the European...
Great Britain CLP likely to diverge from the EU
Jul 05, 2022
Published by Britain’s Health and Safety Executive, the first opinion on mandatory classifications under GB CLP aligns with the previous technical report in all 23 cases even if it hints at divergence...
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