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Aug 25, 2023 | New Zealand’s EPA Recognizes International Regulators for Hazardous Substances Control
New Zealand's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has taken a significant step in enhancing the regulation of hazardous substances by issuing the Hazardous Substances (International Regulators) N...
Aug 24, 2023 | Mandatory training required for workers handling diisocyanates as transition period ends
On 24 August 2023, the transition period for the amendment of Annex XVII REACH regarding restriction of diisocyanates ends. The amendment, Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1149, came into force on 23 A...
India Introduces a Trading System for Carbon Credits
Aug 24, 2023
On 28 June 2023 the Indian Ministry of Power published a notice in the Gazette of India notifying the release of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023. The Scheme came in to force on the day of publi...
MHLW requests action from businesses handling aluminum sodium dioxide
Aug 23, 2023
Japan recently discovered sodium aluminate dioxide (CAS number: 1302-42-7) in some imported goods that included sodium aluminate (CAS number: 11138-49-1). According to an announcement dated 19 July 20...
South Korea addresses revising the "Notification of Installation and Management Standards for Hazardous Chemicals Handling Facilities" by the end of 2024.
Aug 23, 2023
The National Institute of Chemical Safety (Director Park Bong-kyun) formed a consortium for handling facility standards with experts, industries, and civil society to improve the standards of hazardou...
UK government launches a call for data on nanomaterials in cosmetics
Aug 23, 2023
On 14 August 2023, the UK’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published a call for submission of any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in cosm...
Call open for Information on Endocrine Disrupting Cosmetic Ingredients in the UK
Aug 23, 2023
On August 14, 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) of the United Kingdom issued a notification to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of cosmetic in...
Government of Canada Announces Delay in Publication of Toxic Substances Regulations
Aug 22, 2023
In a recent update, the Government of Canada has informed WTO Members about a delay in the release of the final "Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022." Originally slated for publi...
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