The NHPD Monthly Communiqué – Vol. 3, Issue 4 – December 2007 is out and contains (among other things) new NHP monographs: Recognizing the important role monographs can play both in facilitating the review and processing of product licence applications and as reliable sources of product information for consumers, the NHPD is committed to developing […]
From the EPA: EPA Authorizes Critical Uses of Methyl Bromide for 2008. It states in part: This action is authorizing 4,813,452 kilograms (4,813.5 metric tonnes) of methyl bromide for approved critical uses in 2008, with 3,083,769 kilograms supplied from new production or import. Approved critical uses include strawberry and tomato production, as well as commodity […]
The OEHHA with their: Announcement of Chemicals Selected by OEHHA for Consideration for Listing by the Carcinogen Identification Committee and Request for Relevant Information on the Carcinogenic Hazards of These Chemicals (available here. It states, in part: OEHHA has selected three chemicals for the Committee’s review for possible listing under Proposition 65 and is initiating […]
From the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority which states in part: Resolution MSC.239(83) – Adoption of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended… The following amendments to the SOLAS Convention are expected to enter into force on 1 July 2009… b) new regulation VI/5-1 on material safety […]
An article on Occupational Hazards disscusses OSHA and GHS. It says in part: In the new agenda, OSHA said the agency would submit a complete peer review of economic analysis on OSHA’s Hazard Communication standard by November 2007, but evidently this action has been delayed. The issue of implementing a Globally Harmonized System of Classification […]
A notice from the OEHHA: Meeting Synopsis and Slide Presentations from the Carcinogen Identification Committee Meeting Held on November 19, 2007 A meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) was held on November 19, 2007, at the California Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters Building in Sacramento, California. Below are links to the slide presentations made by […]
Not news, per se, but the article Chemical buyers and suppliers work Green from different angles has a section on how North American companies are impacted by the EU’S REACH regulation: Clearly, the regulation that has had the largest impact on the global chemicals industry has been the European Union’s REACH regulation, which went into […]
A recent release by the OEHHA on Di(n-butyl)phthalate (DBP): Pursuant to the requirements of Government Code sections 11346.8(d), 11346.9(a)(1), and 11347.1, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is providing notice that documents and other information which the agency has relied upon in proposing amendments to Title 22, California Code of Regulations, section 12805*, […]
A recent press release by Kline discusses the challenges faced to SMEs by REACH: Many small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) selling in the European Union could be caught off-guard by the recently implemented REACH regulations requiring registration and approval of chemicals used in manufacturing, according to Kline, a worldwide consulting and research firm. REACH (Registration, […]
The NHPD Status of Submissions Report for the month of November is currently available at Health Canada’s Natural Health Products website.