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India Extends the Mandatory Certification for Additional Chemical Products

Nov 14, 2022 | India Extends the Mandatory Certification for Additional Chemical Products

The Government of India has on 29 September 2022, extended the date of enforcement of the existing Quality Control Order for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers, Maleic Anhydride, Styrene (Vinyl Benzene...

BIS Chemical industry Product certification
Japan plans to prohibit perfluorohexane sulfonic acid

Nov 14, 2022 | Japan plans to prohibit perfluorohexane sulfonic acid

During the Chemical Materials Japan 2022 virtual conference, which took place between 17 and 28 October 2022, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (ME...

Chemical industry CSCL
Japan updates its occupational disease substances list
Japan updates its occupational disease substances list
Nov 14, 2022

On 14 October 2022, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced two different public consultation notifications to add 13 more compounds that could be hazardous to the health of wo...

Chemical industry Hazardous chemicals
Colorado proposes the strictest consumer goods VOC limits in the US except for California
Colorado proposes the strictest consumer goods VOC limits in the US except for California
Nov 14, 2022

On 25 September the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) recommended to amend its existing VOC rule to align with the 2018 "Phase V" Ozone Transportation Commission (OTC) regul...

PFAS Solvent/ VOC emissions
Japan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards
Japan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards
Nov 11, 2022

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

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

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