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Apr 26, 2023 | South Korea consults on a draft amendment for Designation of Toxic Substances
The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea is consulting on a draft amendment of Designation of Toxic Substances under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (...
Apr 26, 2023 | California suggests altering Proposition 65 to lower the NSRL for ethylene oxide.
On 7 April 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposed lowering the "No Significant Risk Level" (NSRL) for ethylene oxide under the Safe Drinking Water and T...
China Calls for Industry Opinions on Expanding the Scope of Allowed Substance in FCMs
Apr 26, 2023
China’s National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) has called for industry feedback on draft national safety standard on food contact materials to include more polymers and food ingredient...
13 PFASs will no longer be allowed in cosmetics in Thailand.
Apr 26, 2023
On 12 March 2023 Thailand's Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to outlaw the use of 13 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) despite the fact that none of the 13 substances a...
Japan considers removing 8 and will add 6 substances to the Priority Assessment Chemicals list
Apr 26, 2023
In a notice published on 27 March 2023, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the ministries of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and Environment (MOE) announced that they will...
Taiwan’s EPA updates guidelines for dossier registration
Apr 25, 2023
On 24 March 2023 Taiwan’s EPA published the updated Guidance for New and Existing Chemical Substance Phase One Registration and Guidance on Chemical Substances Hazard and Exposure Assessment. The upda...
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