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Malaysia consults on aligning health and safety rules with GHS 8

Oct 12, 2022 | Malaysia consults on aligning health and safety rules with GHS 8

Malaysia’s Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) is consulting on amendments to its health and safety regulations. The main purpose behind this is to align the regulations with the eight...

GHS Hazard assessment Human health exposure
South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances

Oct 12, 2022 | South Korea consults for the hazard review of chemical substances

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluati...

Hazard assessment K-REACH
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
South Korea updates the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling
Oct 12, 2022

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Regulation on chemical substance classification and labelling under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemica...

K-REACH Labelling
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
South Korea updates the Designation of toxic substances
Oct 12, 2022

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the Designation of toxic substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH) on October 6th,...

K-REACH Hazardous chemicals
Argentina Australia and the US comment on lithium classification proposals
Argentina Australia and the US comment on lithium classification proposals
Oct 12, 2022

In August the European battery industry was joined by Argentina, Australia, and the US in warning against classification of Lithium compounds under the EU’s CLP. Their statements were sent to the Comp...

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Electrical & electronics Product classification
Canada proposes to add Solvent Violet 13 to the list of toxic substances
Canada proposes to add Solvent Violet 13 to the list of toxic substances
Oct 11, 2022

The Canadian government has proposed adding Solvent Violet 13 to the country’s list of toxic substances under Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), which is likely to trigger...

CEPA Chemical industry Solvents

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