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Argentina Implements New Mercury Storage Rules in Accordance with the Minamata Convention

Oct 20, 2023 | Argentina Implements New Mercury Storage Rules in Accordance with the Minamata Convention

Argentina has introduced fresh technical guidelines for the storage of mercury in line with the Minamata Convention. The issued Resolution delineates the particulars concerning storage and management,...

Mercury South America Latin America
Malaysia consults on amendments to the Industry Code of Practices

Oct 20, 2023 | Malaysia consults on amendments to the Industry Code of Practices

On 6 September 2023, the Malaysian Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) published its proposed amendments to the Industry Code of Practices of Chemicals Classification and Hazard Commun...

Safety data sheets (SDSs) Regulatory Updates Amendment
US EPA Expands Safer Chemicals Ingredient List with Inclusion of Ten New Substances
US EPA Expands Safer Chemicals Ingredient List with Inclusion of Ten New Substances
Oct 20, 2023

On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanded the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL) by adding ten chemicals. The SCIL is a dynamic compilation of chemicals that m...

Chemical inventory Green & sustainable chemistry Safer alternatives
Maine introduces PFAS ban in food packaging effective May 2026
Maine introduces PFAS ban in food packaging effective May 2026
Oct 19, 2023

Maine law 32 MRS §1733(3-B) requires the Department of Environmental Protection to initiate rulemaking to ban PFAS in food packaging as soon as safer alternatives are available. On April 18, 2024, the...

Human health exposure Packaging PFAS Toxic substances
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
Draft circular on GHG inventory and emission reduction published by Vietnam.
Draft circular on GHG inventory and emission reduction published by Vietnam.
Oct 19, 2023

A public consultation on the Draft Circular on Technical Regulations for Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Greenhouse Gas Inventory in the Industry and T...

Regulatory Updates Environment
East African Countries Notifies Alkaline thioglycolic based hair removers to WTO
East African Countries Notifies Alkaline thioglycolic based hair removers to WTO
Oct 19, 2023

On 12 September 2023, five East African countries (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) notified the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of a Draft East African Standard for alkaline thioglycollic...

Cosmetic Products WTO

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