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Aug 10, 2021 | Vietnam publishes a draft amendment to Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP
On July 9, 2021, the General Department of Chemicals of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Vietnam published a draft decree to amend Decree No. 113/2017/ND-CP regarding the Law on Chemic...
Aug 06, 2021 | Indian Government proposes to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road
Indian Government is proposing to bring out a ‘Reference Document for Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road’. These Dangerous Goods (DG) refer to substances that pose risks to health, safety, proper...
MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions
Aug 06, 2021
On the 7th of July, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a notification of “Letter on Soliciting Opinions on the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Hazardous Waste Standard...
China Publishes the Cosmetic Monitoring Plan for the Second Half of 2021
Aug 06, 2021
The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) announced their working plan for the second half of 2021 on 5th July 2021. This working plan is based on the haircare products and chil...
China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR
Aug 06, 2021
China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently publis...
European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements
Aug 06, 2021
REACH (EC 1907/2006) is a regulation aimed at improving the protection of human health and the environment through a better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substance...
Global NGO calls for the phase-out of hazardous chemicals used in plastic
Aug 06, 2021
A Global NGO network, International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), based on its research, has found levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in almost all the free-range chicken eggs it...
South Africa progresses to Publish Regulations on Hazardous Chemicals
Aug 06, 2021
Through the Ministry of Employment and Labour under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, on 29 March 2021, the government of South Africa finally published its regulations concerning Hazardou...
Canadian Government Proposes Limited Use of Phosphonic Acid in Cosmetic Products
Aug 06, 2021
Canada’s health and environment ministries have urged the conditions on the use of phosphonic acid, P,P′-(1-hydroxydodecylidene)bis-, allowing the limited amounts of the anti-adhesive to be used i...
Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products to be Regulated
Aug 06, 2021
The Canadian government has finalised regulations to limit formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products and apply the country’s that generally align with that of US. The regulation will...
Use Restrictions for Solvent Violet 13 – Canadian Cosmetics
Aug 06, 2021
Canada’s environment and health ministries have suggested including solvent violet 13 to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist, a move that would restrict the dye’s use in cosmetics placed in the countr...
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