Sweden’s government is proposing setting up a centre that would promote the substitution of hazardous chemicals that are found in various products. This proposal is apart of Sweden’s drive for non-toxic environment; this centre will be established as an independent organisation through a joint initiative between the government and industry. The aim […]
The Canadian Government is requesting data on the substances they have determined to be toxic under section 64 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The government states that information is needed on these substances to identify the current status, quantities and use patterns. Information that is gathered regarding these substances will help information future […]
A Japanese government survey of chemical manufacturers, downstream users, and distributors has revealed that companies are not providing either Safety Data Sheets or Labels. The survey highlighted a list of common issues on the difficulties in providing compliant SDSs and Labels. They include: Creating SDSs for mixtures in products Creating […]
Finland’s Safety and Chemicals Agency is in the process of development a nation-wide online chemical database. The database aims to bring information on chemical substances to one place, enabling companies to handle chemicals through a single service, and allowing authorities to have direct control of risk assessment. For now, the […]
The Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has discovered that there is a lack of systematic investigation into levels of volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds (VOCs and SVOCs) in many new cars. In a recent project, the EPA found that the interior in cars contain many synthetic materials, playing a big role in releasing […]
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (Oehha) has selected coumarin for carcinogenicity assessment. Coumarin, commonly used as a fragrance ingredient, has been referred to the substances Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC) to give opinions on whether the substance has been linked with cancer. The board is requesting the public to […]
There have been two notices published by the Canadian government that amends the Non-domestic substances list (NDSL). The first notices deletes 735 substances list, while adding two new ones. Part two of the list also adds four substances. These four substances are: 2-propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-(diethyl substituted) ethyl ester, polymers with […]
Canada’s government is ordering an amendment of schedule 3 of the Environmental Protection Act. The amendment will require all open mixtures that contain a significant amount of Mercury. The order will add all mixtures that contain 95% of elemental mercury to Canada’s Export Control List (ECL). The ECL is a list […]
There have been 19 new substances added to Canada’s Domestic Substances List (DSL). Nine have been added to part one of the list and ten to part three. Substances listed in part one are: 85784-12-9 N 101357-36-2 N 203255-81-6 N 1126942-72-0 N-P 1206450-10-3 N-P […]
On February 20, 2017, Sweden’s Chemical Agency added four substances to its chemical risk database, also known as PRIO. The Swedish database, is a tool which allows both manufacturers and users to assess the environmental and health risks that may arise from a particular chemical substance. The four chemical substances […]