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Mar 08, 2022 | Australia bans mercury and mercury-containing products
On 7 March 2022, Australia notified the changes to its laws regarding Mercury, in a bid to comply with the Minamata Convention obligations. Due to the amendment, Australia now prohibits the import...
Mar 04, 2022 | Additional Global Plastics Treaty Proposals
At the UN Environment Assembly that happened from 28th February to 2nd March, along with Japan, India has placed another proposal on the table which states an alternative resolution on single use p...
Brazil updates allowed UV filters in cosmetics
Mar 03, 2022
On February 9, 2022, the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA) published a resolution addressing ultraviolet (UV) filters allowed to be present in cosmetics. In addition, Resolution 600 form...
Chile targets indiscriminate single-use of plastics
Mar 03, 2022
Since February 13, 2022, single-use plastics products have faced a ban in Chile. Law 21.368 was published in August 2021 and aims to fight back the indiscriminate use of single-use plastics in diffe...
European Commission takes the final step to end mercury exemption in lamps
Mar 03, 2022
European Commission publishes 12 delegated acts to end the exemptions for the use of mercury in lamps. These lamps include general-purpose compact (CFL) and linear fluorescent (LFL) lamps. Conside...
ECHA Proposes a ban of PFASs in firefighting foams
Mar 03, 2022
On the 23rd of February 2022, the REACH Annex XV restriction dossier was published addressing PFASs’ risks in firefighting foams to human health and the environment. The European Chemicals Agency ...
MEE Solicits Public Comments on Draft Plan for Digital Transformation in Hazardous Waste Management
Feb 24, 2022
The Ministry of Environment and Ecology of China (MEE) published a Draft Plan for Digital Transformation in Hazardous Waste Management on the 18th of January 2022. This draft mainly focuses on the...
India consults for 34-dichlorophenyl isocyanate
Feb 23, 2022
Till the 16th of March 2022, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) consults on the draft Indian Standard (IS) for 3,4-dichlorophenyl isocyanate. BIS published a daft in February, describing the subs...
Canada moves further to ban cosmetics testing on animals
Feb 23, 2022
In January 2022, Cosmetic Alliance (CA) and a representative from their allied stakeholder coalition met with Health Canada (HC) officials to discuss the ban of cosmetics testing on animals in Canada....
Mexico bans cosmetics animal testing
Sep 03, 2021
On the 2nd of September 2021, the Chamber of Senators in Mexico passed the bill to prohibit the use of animals for cosmetics testing. The bill stipulates that cosmetic product cannot be manufacture...
South Korea announces the results of hazard review of chemical substances under K-REACH
Feb 21, 2022
National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated and announced the results of hazard review of chemical substances under K-REACH on February 11th, 2022.The updates are as f...
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