A useful reminder from Packaging News: The UN’s Globally Harmonised System (GHS) on the classification, labelling and packaging of hazardous substances is to be incorporated into EU law after MEPs reached an “acceptable compromise”. The new regulation will replace existing EU directives on classification and labelling of substances. The aim of the GHS system is […]
A notice from the EPA on an upcoming public meeting: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a public meeting of the Pesticide Program Dialogue Committee (PPDC) Work Group on Comparative Safety Statements or Logos for Pesticide Product Labeling on September 10, 2008… This action is directed to the public in […]
From the LA Times: AB 1879 from Assemblyman Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) started out like any number of other bills targeting individual chemicals known to cause such problems as birth defects, cancer and lung disorders. But this week, Feuer and the bill’s coauthors reached a deal with the California Environmental Protection Agency and the state […]
From Canada’s Natural Health Products Directorate – four monographs: New Monograph – Creatine Monohydrate Updated Monograph – Iron Updated Monograph – Glucosamine Information Update on the Product Resolve Click on the links for more information.
The slides for the public meeting RE: California’s Proposed Amendments to the Consumer Products Regulation are available here (PDF). They contain a useful summary of California’s proposed actions on VOCs.
From The Government of Canada: On August 23, 2008, 17 Notices relating to the release of draft screening assessments for the 19 substances in Batch 3 of the Challenge were published in the Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 142 No. 34 and the draft screening assessments were released on this web site (see below). There […]
The ECHA is putting on a REACH-related event. Here are the details, from the ECHA: This first stakeholders day of ECHA will be an opportunity to: be informed about the latest developments in ECHA´s activities and the forthcoming challenges in the implementation of REACH, share their views on REACH implementation and expectations regarding their involvement […]
From PharmTech.com: The Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association (SOCMA) is expressing trade concerns with the European Union’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation, a new European Union policy on chemicals and their safe use… REACH requires EU-based manufacturers and EU-based importers doing business, directly or indirectly in Europe, to register chemicals and […]
From the Durango Herald: DENVER – State regulators took the first step Tuesday to requiring energy companies to disclose the chemicals they use in drilling gas and oil wells… The panel has spent all summer in hearings about the new rules, which are aimed at protecting public health and the environment. It took its first […]
From the Air Resources Board – the public availability of the modified text of the California Consumer Product Regulations. The modified text is available as a PDF here. The deadline for public comment is August 27, 2008. The Public Comments received are available here.