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Feb 14, 2025 | EU - Key Regulatory Insights 2024
The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, is the legal framework for the regulation of chemicals in the European Union...
Feb 14, 2025 | Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List
On 12 February 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), together with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) released a joint draf...
Thailand Reviews Hazardous Substances Act Following Stakeholder Consultation
Feb 13, 2025
The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has released an evaluation of Thailand’s Hazardous Substances Act, following an extensive public consultation held between August and September 2024. The revie...
PPWR Enters into Force: ECHA Takes on New Role in Packaging Safety
Feb 12, 2025
On 11 February 2025, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) officially entered into force, introducing stricter requirements to reduce packaging waste, improve recyclabil...
Brazil: Anvisa updates toxicological evaluation guides for pesticides
Feb 12, 2025
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) has revised its pesticide evaluation guidance for mutagenicity, carcinogenesis, neurotoxicity, and reproductive toxicity. Purpose of the Updated...
ECHA Revises Emission Scenario Document for Product Type 18
Feb 12, 2025
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the revised Emission Scenario Document (ESD) for Product Type 18 (PT18) in December 2024. This substantial update to the 2008 OECD ESD PT18 offers critica...
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