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MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions

Aug 06, 2021 | MEE Publishes a Hazardous Waste Management Working Plan for Soliciting Opinions

On the 7th of July, the Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a notification of “Letter on Soliciting Opinions on the "14th Five-Year Plan" National Hazardous Waste Standard...

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China Publishes the Cosmetic Monitoring Plan for the Second Half of 2021

Aug 06, 2021 | China Publishes the Cosmetic Monitoring Plan for the Second Half of 2021

The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) announced their working plan for the second half of 2021 on 5th July 2021. This working plan is based on the haircare products and chil...

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China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR
China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR
Aug 06, 2021

China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently publis...

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European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements
European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements
Aug 06, 2021

REACH (EC 1907/2006) is a regulation aimed at improving the protection of human health and the environment through a better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substance...

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Global NGO calls for the phase-out of hazardous chemicals used in plastic
Global NGO calls for the phase-out of hazardous chemicals used in plastic
Aug 06, 2021

A Global NGO network, International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), based on its research, has found levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in almost all the free-range chicken eggs it...

South Africa progresses to Publish Regulations on Hazardous Chemicals
South Africa progresses to Publish Regulations on Hazardous Chemicals
Aug 06, 2021

Through the Ministry of Employment and Labour under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, on 29 March 2021, the government of South Africa finally published its regulations concerning Hazardou...

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