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Japan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards

Nov 11, 2022 | Japan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is currently considering a shift from legally compliant risk management to autonomous risk management in response to the growing risk management of new chemi...

Hazard assessment Major accident hazard & risk Risk assessment
Deadline to notify hazardous substances or mixtures in Chile under new regulations     

Nov 11, 2022 | Deadline to notify hazardous substances or mixtures in Chile under new regulations   

Every two years manufacturers and importers of dangerous substances have to notify the environmental authority. The first notification deadline due on February 2024.  Any manufacturer or importer o...

Product registration/ notification Registration Hazardous Chemicals
India extends the deadline for implementing new EV battery standards testing norms
India extends the deadline for implementing new EV battery standards testing norms
Nov 11, 2022

For the electric vehicle (EV) batteries India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has extended the deadline for implementation of mandatory standards and testing norms.  The testing norms wer...

Electrical & electronics EPR for batteries Government incentives
New circular 17/2022/TT-BCT is published
New circular 17/2022/TT-BCT is published
Nov 11, 2022

On 27 October 2002, the minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade signed a new circular on amending and supplementing articles of Decree 113 published on 2017 as well as detailing and guiding article...

Chemical industry Labelling
South Korea consults for the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical products
South Korea consults for the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical products
Nov 11, 2022

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical products...

Exposure scenarios K-BPR
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Nov 10, 2022

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)...

Hazard assessment K-REACH
A draft chemical control order for benzene and vinyl chloride published by the Philippines DENR
A draft chemical control order for benzene and vinyl chloride published by the Philippines DENR
Nov 10, 2022

In September 2022, two chemical control order (CCO) drafts were published by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) of the Philippines for benzene and vinyl chloride. The draft ord...

Chemical notification/ registration Human health exposure
Vietnam proposes a draft version to restrict POPs in certain items
Vietnam proposes a draft version to restrict POPs in certain items
Nov 10, 2022

The second Draft of the National Technical Regulation on Thresholds for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Articles, Products, Commodities, and Equipment was issued by Vietnam's Ministry of Natur...

Chemical contaminants POPs

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