May 08, 2023 | The first-ever national PFAS drinking water standards from the US EPA
On 14 March 2023, the US EPA has come up with its new long-awaited drinking water standards to prevent water from Per- and poly fluroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. The new rule sets maximum co...
May 08, 2023 | Mexico introduces amendments in the standard on marking and labelling of dangerous goods for transport
On 2 March 2023, a draft standard was disclosed that involves two standards on marking and labelling requirements from 2008. The draft standard aligns Mexico’s rule with the UN model regulation. It ...
EU REACH Annex XVII places restrictions on C9-C14 perfluorocarboxylic acids PFCAs
May 06, 2023
On 5 August 2021, the Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1297 was released to restrict the use of perfluorocarboxylic acids (C9-C14 PFCAs), their salts, and C9-C14 PFCA-related compounds under entry 68 o...
New amendments in Malaysia’s DOSH regarding chemical register submission
May 05, 2023
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (Dosh) in Malaysia is planning to update the instructions on how to create and submit chemical registers. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act,...
DEFRA lays legislation to formally extend UK-REACH deadlines
May 04, 2023
On 20 April 2023, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) laid a draft Statutory Instrument (SI), REACH (Amendment) Regulations 2023, before Parliament. The SI will formally ...
Indonesia promotes regulations on implementation of CCS/CCUS projects.
May 04, 2023
On March 3, 2023, the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia promulgated Regulation No. 2 of 2023 on the implementation of CCS and CCUS in Oil and natural gas business activities.CCS st...
India amends Plastic Waste Management Rules
May 03, 2023
On 27 April 2023 the Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change published a notification in the Gazette of India announcing the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2023. The Rul...
31 associations urge the EU to Adopt Rules to Calculated Plastics’ Chemically Recycled Content
May 03, 2023
On 22 March 2023 the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and 30 other associations representing market sectors in the European plastics value chain published a joint letter to the European Comm...
China revises the national standard on Lip moisturizer gel cream
May 03, 2023
The Standardization Administration of China and State Administration for Market Regulation jointly published the revised version of national standard on Lip moisturizer (gel and cream), GB/T 26513-202...
Mandatory Survey to collect PFAS information will be issued by Canada
Apr 27, 2023
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has published a statement which confirms their plan to issue a mandatory survey. The objective of this survey is to collect information on certain per- a...
Cosmetics biocide chlorocresol to be listed as toxic substance in Canada
Apr 27, 2023
On 1 April 2023, the Canadian government announced that they are taking steps to limit the potential risks associated with the use of chlorocresol in cosmetics by proposing an order to add it to the l...
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