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EPA Grants Extension for Reporting Health and Safety Data on 16 Chemicals Under TSCA Risk Evaluation

Jun 26, 2025 | EPA Grants Extension for Reporting Health and Safety Data on 16 Chemicals Under TSCA Risk Evaluation

Update  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a further extension of the reporting deadline for unpublished health and safety data on 16 chemicals under TSCA Section 8(d). Th...

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India’s Focus on Quality Control Orders Grows in Chemicals Sector

Jun 26, 2025 | India’s Focus on Quality Control Orders Grows in Chemicals Sector

As the focus of global trade shifts from tariffs to technical regulations, India’s chemical and petrochemical industries are under increasing pressure to strengthen their regulatory frameworks. The in...

BIS Chemical industry Indian Standard QCO Quality Control Order QCO Indian Export and Import Support
India Revises Ammonium Nitrate Standard for Explosives; BIS Issues Second Revision Draft
India Revises Ammonium Nitrate Standard for Explosives; BIS Issues Second Revision Draft
Jun 26, 2025

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a draft second revision of IS 4668:20XX, the Indian Standard for ammonium nitrate used in explosives. The draft, titled “Ammonium Nitrate for Explosives...

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India Extends Implementation Deadlines for PVC and Polypropylene Quality Control Orders
India Extends Implementation Deadlines for PVC and Polypropylene Quality Control Orders
Jun 26, 2025

The Indian Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has extended the implementation deadlines for the quality control orders (QCOs) for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) homopolymers and polypropylene...

QCO Quality Control Order QCO Extended Enforcement Date
India Amends Polyethylene Quality Control Order: Changes to Exemptions for Specific Grades
India Amends Polyethylene Quality Control Order: Changes to Exemptions for Specific Grades
Jun 26, 2025

India’s Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (DCPC) has issued the Polyethylene Material for Moulding and Extrusion (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2025, further amending the original 2022 Qu...

Amendment BIS Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals DCPC Quality Control Order QCO Polyethylene
ECHA Adds Three New Substances to the Candidate List of SVHCs
ECHA Adds Three New Substances to the Candidate List of SVHCs
Jun 25, 2025

On 25 June 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of three hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) under the REACH Regulation. T...

EU REACH Safety data sheets (SDSs) update Substances of Very High Concern SVHC Candidate List EU Chemicals Regulation SCIP Notification

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