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Aug 25, 2023 | New Zealand’s EPA Recognizes International Regulators for Hazardous Substances Control

New Zealand's Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has taken a significant step in enhancing the regulation of hazardous substances by issuing the Hazardous Substances (International Regulator...

Hazard assessment Hazardous chemicals
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Aug 24, 2023 | Mandatory training required for workers handling diisocyanates as transition period ends

On 24 August 2023, the transition period for the amendment of Annex XVII REACH regarding restriction of diisocyanates ends. The amendment, Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/1149, came into force on 23 A...

EU REACH Restricted use
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India Introduces a Trading System for Carbon Credits
Aug 24, 2023

On 28 June 2023 the Indian Ministry of Power published a notice in the Gazette of India notifying the release of the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme, 2023. The Scheme came in to force on the day of publi...

Chemical industry Green & sustainable chemistry Chemical Framework
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Government of Canada Announces Delay in Publication of Toxic Substances Regulations
Aug 22, 2023

In a recent update, the Government of Canada has informed WTO Members about a delay in the release of the final "Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022." Originally slated for publi...

PFAS Toxic substances
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MHLW requests action from businesses handling aluminum sodium dioxide
Aug 23, 2023

Japan recently discovered sodium aluminate dioxide (CAS number: 1302-42-7) in some imported goods that included sodium aluminate (CAS number: 11138-49-1). According to an announcement dated 19 July 20...

Chemical inventory MHLW
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South Korea addresses revising the "Notification of Installation and Management Standards for Hazardous Chemicals Handling Facilities" by the end of 2024.
Aug 23, 2023

The National Institute of Chemical Safety (Director Park Bong-kyun) formed a consortium for handling facility standards with experts, industries, and civil society to improve the standards of hazardou...

Chemical industry Hazardous chemicals
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UK government launches a call for data on nanomaterials in cosmetics
Aug 23, 2023

On 14 August 2023, the UK’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published a call for submission of any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of nanomaterials used in co...

Cosmetic Products Nanomaterials
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Call open for Information on Endocrine Disrupting Cosmetic Ingredients in the UK
Aug 23, 2023

On August 14, 2023, the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) of the United Kingdom issued a notification to submit any scientific information relevant to the safety assessment of cosmetic in...

Cosmetic Products Compliance
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European Commission authorises the use of DEHCH in food contact materials
Aug 22, 2023

On 11 August 2023 the European Commission published an amendment, Regulation (EU) 2023/1627, to Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 (the Food Contact Plastics Regulation) in the Official Journal of ...

Plastics Food contact materials
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Time to notify the HSE of exports of PIC chemicals for 2024
Aug 22, 2023

On 9 August 2023, the British Health and Safety Executive (HSE) issued an e-bulletin inviting companies to notify the HSE of exports of chemicals in the Great Britain Prior Informed Consent (PIC) List...

HSE Hazardous chemicals
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Biocidal active substances to be phased out in Great Britain
Aug 21, 2023

On 18 August 2023 the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) the United Kingdom (UK) issued an ebulletin listing 15 active substance that must be phased out from biocidal products on the market in Great Br...

Active ingredient Biocides

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