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ANVISA updates revisions on Pesticide Disinfectant and Wood Preservative Ingredients

Oct 15, 2023 | ANVISA updates revisions on Pesticide Disinfectant and Wood Preservative Ingredients

ANVISA; Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency routinely revises its router of approved active ingredients in pesticides, sanitizing disinfectants, and wood preservatives. The updated guidelines...

Latin America Pesticides
ECHA to Prepare Restriction Proposal on Certain Chromium VI Substances

Oct 13, 2023 | ECHA to Prepare Restriction Proposal on Certain Chromium VI Substances

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has received a mandate from the European Commission to prepare a restriction proposal in accordance with the requirements of Annex XV of the REACH Regulation targe...

Chemical industry Restricted Substances
Japan revises its list of chemicals requiring SDSs and GHS labels
Japan revises its list of chemicals requiring SDSs and GHS labels
Oct 12, 2023

In Japan, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has taken significant steps to improve workplace safety by updating the list of substances that require safety data sheets (SDSs) and labels...

GHS Safety data sheets (SDSs) MHLW
India notifies Quality Control Order for Asbestos and Fibre Cement-Based Products to WTO
India notifies Quality Control Order for Asbestos and Fibre Cement-Based Products to WTO
Oct 12, 2023

On 21 September 2023, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) notified the draft of a new regulation called the Asbestos or Fiber Cement-Based Products (Quality Control) Re...

BIS Chemical industry
 Australia Seeks Input on Including Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Schedule 7 of the IChEMS Register
Australia Seeks Input on Including Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Schedule 7 of the IChEMS Register
Oct 10, 2023

On 9 October 2023, the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) opened consultations on the proposed scheduling decisions for short chain chlorinated paraffi...

AICIS Stockholm Convention
India holds public consultation on heavy metal restrictions for cleansing products.
India holds public consultation on heavy metal restrictions for cleansing products.
Oct 10, 2023

In order to control the presence of heavy metals in specific cosmetics, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has opened the comments area for three Draft Indian Standards for face wash, shower gel, an...

BIS Cosmetic Products

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