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Aug 06, 2021 | China Endorses Two Cosmetics Ingredients Under CSAR

China implemented CSAR in January 2021, and this was after 30 years of waiting. China recently took another massive step by approving its first cosmetics ingredients under CSAR. As recently publis...

CSAR Cosmetic products IECIC
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Aug 06, 2021 | European Commission adopts ‘clarifications’ to REACH information requirements

REACH (EC 1907/2006) is a regulation aimed at improving the protection of human health and the environment through a better and earlier identification of the intrinsic properties of chemical substance...

EU REACH
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Global NGO calls for the phase-out of hazardous chemicals used in plastic
Aug 06, 2021

A Global NGO network, International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN), based on its research, has found levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in almost all the free-range chicken eggs it ...

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South Africa progresses to Publish Regulations on Hazardous Chemicals
Aug 06, 2021

Through the Ministry of Employment and Labour under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, on 29 March 2021, the government of South Africa finally published its regulations concerning Hazardou...

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Canadian Government Proposes Limited Use of Phosphonic Acid in Cosmetic Products
Aug 06, 2021

Canada’s health and environment ministries have urged the conditions on the use of phosphonic acid, P,P′-(1-hydroxydodecylidene)bis-, allowing the limited amou...

CEPA Ecotoxicology Cosmetic products
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Formaldehyde Emissions from Composite Wood Products to be Regulated
Aug 06, 2021

The Canadian government has finalised regulations to limit formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products and apply the country’s that generally align with that of US.  ...

CEPA human health exposure import/export restrictions
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Use Restrictions for Solvent Violet 13 – Canadian Cosmetics
Aug 06, 2021

Canada’s environment and health ministries have suggested including solvent violet 13 to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist, a move that would restrict the dye’s use in cosmetic...

CEPA cosmetics products Exposure monitoring & assessment
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US House of Rep Passes Legislation on PFAS
Aug 06, 2021

On the 22nd of July 2021, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021. This is a comprehensive framework for regulating 9,252 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substan...

PFAS Chemical framework Substance & mixture classification.
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Philippines To Ban Medical Products Containing Mercury
Aug 06, 2021

The Philippines’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently had a consultation to examine the draft of Circular to prohibit the use, manufacture, importation/exportation, distribution, sale...

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13 CHEMICALS ADDED TO THE BIS MANDATORY CERTIFICATION LIST
Aug 06, 2021

In April 2021, the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, India, published several orders regarding BIS certification of 13 chemicals (see Table below). ...

BIS product certification chemical authorisation
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Saudi Arabia - GSO Issues a Draft Technical Regulation on Cosmetics and Personal Care Products
Aug 06, 2021

The Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO), on the 7th of July 2021 issued an update to the draft Gulf Technical Regulation No. GSO 2528/2021 "Cosmetic products – Technical Regulation of c...

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