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May 09, 2022 | European Commission bans PFOA export
Exports and products involved with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salt forms, and PFOA-related compounds are banned after the European Commission makes addition to Annex V of the Prior Informed Co...
May 09, 2022 | European Union introduces new restrictions on the use of formaldehyde
On May 2, 2022, the European Union released a draft to amend Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. The new amendment mainly concerns articles in which production includes the use of formaldehyde...
Quality Control Orders QCOs regarding 8 Chemicals from BIS Standard
May 06, 2022
On April 27, 2022, the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, India, published the Quality Control Orders (QCOs) in Gazette notifications for eight ch...
EU represented by Oeko-Institut consults on lead exemption for medical devices
May 06, 2022
A leading European research institute, Oeko-Institut opened a consultation to exempt lead restriction under the EU RoHS Directive for medical devices’ production. The expectation is to develop lead-fr...
Japan releases a new version of the online tool for GHS classification and labelling
May 06, 2022
A new version of the Japanese online tool, Globally Harmonized System (GHS) Mixture Classification and Labelling Creation System (Nite-Gmiccs) from the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation...
European Parliament votes for stricter limits for POPs in waste
May 06, 2022
On May 3, 2022, the European Parliament voted on a European Commission proposal to tighten the limits for the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste. The proposal was earlier adopte...
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