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Canadian Government Proposes Limited Use of Phosphonic Acid in Cosmetic Products

Aug 06, 2021 | Canadian Government Proposes Limited Use of Phosphonic Acid in Cosmetic Products

Canada’s health and environment ministries have urged the conditions on the use of phosphonic acid, P,P′-(1-hydroxydodecylidene)bis-, allowing the limited amounts of the anti-adhesive to be used i...

CEPA Ecotoxicology Cosmetic Products
Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products to be Regulated

Aug 06, 2021 | Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products to be Regulated

The Canadian government has finalised regulations to limit formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products and apply the country’s that generally align with that of US.  The regulation will...

CEPA Human health exposure Import/export restrictions
Use Restrictions for Solvent Violet 13 – Canadian Cosmetics
Use Restrictions for Solvent Violet 13 – Canadian Cosmetics
Aug 06, 2021

Canada’s environment and health ministries have suggested including solvent violet 13 to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist, a move that would restrict the dye’s use in cosmetics placed in the countr...

CEPA cosmetics products Exposure monitoring & assessment
US House of Rep Passes Legislation on PFAS
US House of Rep Passes Legislation on PFAS
Aug 06, 2021

On the 22nd of July 2021, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021. This is a comprehensive framework for regulating 9,252 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (...

PFAS Chemical Framework Substance & mixture classification.
Philippines To Ban Medical Products Containing Mercury
Philippines To Ban Medical Products Containing Mercury
Aug 06, 2021

The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently had a consultation to examine the draft of Circular to prohibit the use, manufacture, importation/exportation, distribution, sale, and...

13 Chemicals Added to the BIS Mandatory Certification List
13 Chemicals Added to the BIS Mandatory Certification List
Aug 06, 2021

In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below)....

BIS Product certification Chemical authorisation

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