Switzerland has published a new list of substances. Some of the new substances listed include: – 1-(3,3-dimethylcyclohexyl)pent-4-en-1-one; – (benzothiazol-2-ylthio)-succinic acid; – (2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl) oxo(phenyl)acetate; and – 1,2-Octanedione, 1-[4-(phenylthio)phenyl]-, 2-(O-benzoyloxime) The Swiss Chemicals Notification Authority must be notified about any new chemicals that are either manufactured or imported into the […]
The US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), is program that provides information about certain chemicals that pose a threat to both human health and the environment. Many U.S facilities that are in different industry sectors are now required to report how much chemical is released into the environment or how it is […]
The Canadian Province of Ontario is looking for people to participate in the Red Tape Challenge. The Province’s Challenge, which focuses on the chemical manufacturing sector, aims to help the government of Ontario identify any business regulations that may need to be either updated, improved or eliminated all together. Comments to these […]
The Canadian Minster of Environment has stated that there will be an amendment to the Non-Domestic Substances List. Polymer, a substance that is found in synthetic organic materials, will now be moved to the Domestic Substances List (DSL). Unlike the NDSL, substances on the DSL do not need any notification unless they are […]
The South Korean government has passed a biocides law and K-REACH, amendment on August 8, 2017. It is currently expecting that K-REACH, which is South Korea’s Registration and Evaluation of chemicals based on the EU’s Reach, will come into force on July 1, 2018, while the new biocides law will come on Jan 1, 2019. […]
Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (Nite), has published a list of 84 new and 95 revised GHS classification entries in the 2016/17 financial year. Currently in Japan, the use of SDSs and Labels following the GHS is mandatory for certain mixtures and substances that are regulated by these laws: – […]
Brazil’s Industrial Chemicals Regulation is set to move forward after the country’s National Chemical Safety Agency, Conasq, met at the beginning of July to review some of the comments made at last years meeting. Some of the comments made about the regulation included: – the use of an only representative legal entity; […]
There has been notice that California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), has planned to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California Code of Regulations, by adopting sections 25607.32 and 25607.33. Back in August 2016, OEHHA amended Article 6 of the clear and reasonable warnings regulations. This amendment included personalized warnings for specific […]
The government of Vietnam has received a new chemical control legislation for signing. The legislation, which is expected within two months, will replace the 2007 Vietnamese law on chemicals. It is expected that this new legislation will have an emphasis on inspection and less on both new regulations on label sizes […]
The Canadian Government has added 14 substances to the countries Domestic Substances List (DSL), an inventory of substances that is found in the Canadian marketplace. In part one of the List, 14 substances have been added, while four were added to part 3 under review of the new substance programme. It has also […]