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DEFRA consults on the extension of transitional registration deadlines under UK REACH

Jul 19, 2022 | DEFRA consults on the extension of transitional registration deadlines under UK REACH

The UK Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has begun consultation on the extension of UK REACH registration deadlines. UK REACH established a transitional system whereby substa...

Registration UK-REACH
European Commission sketches timeline for adoption of key legislative proposals

Jul 18, 2022 | European Commission sketches timeline for adoption of key legislative proposals

On 29 June 2022, the European Commission published its draft agenda for the second half of 2022. The agenda contains the meetings to take place between July and December 2022. Approval of a text at a...

CLP EU REACH Plastics
South Korea provides the list of banned substance for insecticide
South Korea provides the list of banned substance for insecticide
Jul 14, 2022

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea provides the list of banned substances for insecticide under the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Control Act (K-BP...

Biocides K-BPR
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
Jul 14, 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 Hazardous chemicals
China MEE-SCC clarifies several new chemical substance registration questions
China MEE-SCC clarifies several new chemical substance registration questions
Jul 14, 2022

On the 30th of June, the China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Center under the Ministry of Environment and Ecology (MEE-SCC) published a FAQ document which specified several hot debated question...

Chemical notification/ registration MEE Order 12 Product certification
US EPA consults on TCE and Methylene Chloride as harmful substances
US EPA consults on TCE and Methylene Chloride as harmful substances
Jul 12, 2022

On the 11th of July 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US notifies and seeks comment on a draft revision for trichloroethylene (TCE) risk evaluation issued under TSCA. The old d...

Human health exposure Risk assessment Hazardous chemicals

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