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Jun 15, 2023 | Canada adopts Bill S-5
Legislation (S-5) to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) received consent from the Senate and royal assent on 13 June. The provisions of Bill S-5 will come into effect immediate...
Jun 14, 2023 | South Korea partially revises and publically notifies the hazard assessment result of chemical substances.
On 8 June 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea partially revised the result of the hazard assessment of chemical substances and enforced it on the same date. ...
Public consultation on revised standard for vinyl acetate monomer in India
Jun 14, 2023
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) asked for comments until 2 June 2023 on a new revised standard for vinyl acetate monomer, which is used in adhesives, emulsion paints, wood coatings, lacquers, and...
South Korea revised the Designation of Toxic Substances.
Jun 14, 2023
On 1 June 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea publicly notified the Designation of Toxic Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (...
South Korea revised the regulation on chemical classification and labeling
Jun 14, 2023
On June 1st, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea revised the regulation on chemical classification and labeling, including pictograms, hazard statements and pr...
Washington passes law to ban chemicals in cosmetics
Jun 14, 2023
On 15 May 2023, a legislation (the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act, HB 1047) was signed by Washington Governor Jay Inslee to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), phthalates and several other chemi...
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