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Dec 05, 2025 | "One Substance, One Assessment" Principle: B-risk tool for Biocides Standardizes Bee Risk Launched
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the launch of the B-risk for biocides online tool. This new resource is designed to support the assessment of the risks that biocidal products pose t...
Dec 05, 2025 | India Withdraws Six Chemical Quality Control Orders for Industrial Chemicals
The Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has officially withdrawn six Quality Control Orders (QCOs) covering the following key industrial chemicals: p-xylene, toluene, methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate...
Council of the EU Adopts its Position on Sixth Revision of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive with New Exposure Limits
Dec 05, 2025
On 1 December 2025, the Council of the European Union agreed its position on the sixth update of the Carcinogens, Mutagens and Reprotoxic Substances Directive (CMRD). The revision introduces new bindi...
KCMA Final Notice on MSDS Submission Deadline -Compliance Required by January 16, 2026
Dec 05, 2025
On November 17,2025, the Korea Chemicals Management Association (KCMA) released an official notice reminding all chemical manufacturers, importers, and distributors that the extended deadline for subm...
ECHA Publishes Reporting Guidelines for Microplastics under EU Restriction
Dec 05, 2025
On 26 November 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published the Reporting Guidelines for Synthetic Polymer Microparticles (SPMs) to support companies in preparing the annual emission reports r...
Colombia Imposes Strict New Controls on Hazardous Waste Shipments Under Basel Convention Rules
Dec 05, 2025
Colombia has introduced sweeping new rules to govern the movement of hazardous and other controlled wastes across its borders, in one of the most substantial overhauls of national waste regulations in...
Chile Announces New Sanitary Controls for Tattoo Inks After Government Review
Dec 04, 2025
Chile’s Institute of Public Health (ISP) has introduced a new sanitary control regime for tattoo inks, marking the first time the country formally categorises how these products should be regulated. T...
European Council Approves “Stop-the-Clock” Mechanism on CLP Regulation (Updated)
Dec 03, 2025
Update 3 December 2025: The amendment introducing the “stop the clock” mechanism has now been published in the Official Journal of the European Union as Regulation (EU) 2025/2439. The act was signe...
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