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Mar 06, 2018 | Brazil

Brazil's National Chemical Safety Commission (Conasq) has nudged plans for an industrial chemicals regulation a little closer to completion

Switzerland updates national substances list

Jun 26, 2017 | Switzerland updates national substances list

Switzerland has updated the list of substances notified or registered in the country, with 385 additions in June. New substances manufactured or imported into the country, in a volume greater than one...

chemical notification/registration Chemical authorisation Chemical inventory
Switzerland adopts new disclosure rules for synthetic nanomaterials
Switzerland adopts new disclosure rules for synthetic nanomaterials
Feb 15, 2015

Switzerland has adopted new disclosure obligations for some synthetic fibrous or tubular nanomaterials and intermediate chemical products.

The legal framework of Veterinary Service in the Republic of Albania
The legal framework of Veterinary Service in the Republic of Albania
Jan 01, 2012

On the 29 September 2011, the Law No. 10465 On Veterinary Service in the Republic of Albania was presented.  This is the legal framework for regulating the protection of animal health and wellbeing, t...

Legal cases Chemical Framework
Knowledge Deficit for EDC Mechanisms in Invertebrates
Knowledge Deficit for EDC Mechanisms in Invertebrates
Feb 20, 2026

According to Ecetoc, an expert group from the industry research organization, the lack of mechanistic data on endocrine pathways in invertebrates is really challenging when using organisms for regulat...

Academic studies Animal testing EDCs
A Global Ban of PFHxS
A Global Ban of PFHxS
Feb 20, 2026

At the United Nations Triple Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions (BRS COPs) held from June 6 to 17, 2022, the parties agreed to ban perfluorohexane sulfonic a...

Human health exposure POPs Hazardous chemicals

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