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EU Study Highlights Toll Of Poorly Regulated Toxic Chemicals

This news update regarding the Toll Of Poorly Regulated Toxic Chemicals is brought to you by Environmental Working Group.     EU Study Highlights Toll Of Poorly Regulated Toxic Chemicals.   A groundbreaking study released today (March 5) concludes that endocrine-disrupting chemicals add at least $173 billion a year to the European Union’s health costs for diseases and disabilities […]

Canada GHS transition period:Canada’s GHS Regulations Have Three-Year Transition Period

This news update regarding the Canada GHS transition period is brought to you by ohsonline.com.     The Canada GHS transition period.   Health Canada announced that the Government of Canada finalized new regulations Feb. 11 to implement the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) for workplace hazardous chemicals, and it posted a document explaining […]

California to Classify Styrene as a Carcinogen

This news update regarding Styrene as a Carcinogen is brought to you by chem.info.     California to Classify Styrene as a Carcinogen.   California regulators intend to list styrene under the state’s Proposition 65 as a chemical known to cause cancer. The state Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment filed a notice of […]

ECHA’s annual evaluation report published

This news update disccusing ECHA’s annual evaluation report is brought to you by ECHA.     The ECHA Annual Evaluation Report 2014 shows that a considerable share of the examined registration dossiers still requires improvement. At the same time, more registrants comply with ECHA’s dossier evaluation decisions.   The annual evaluation report covers the Agency’s […]

European Chemicals Agency Releases Practical Guide on Biocidal Products Regulation

This news update discussing the ECHA Practical Guide on Biocidal Products Regulation is brought to you by jdsupra.com.     Not a moment too soon, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released a useful and clearly written ECHA Practical Guide on Biocidal Products Regulation, ECHA-14-B-19-EN. ECHA is the European Union (EU) agency tasked with implementing the Biocidal […]

Canada Publishes Hazardous Products Regulation

This news update on how Canada publishes hazardous products regulation is brought to you by jdsupra.com.     Canada Publishes Hazardous Products Regulation.   On February 11, 2015, the Government of Canada published in Gazette II (Vol. 149, no. 3) the final regulation for adopting the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The final […]

One-generation reproductive toxicity study:Information requirements for reproductive toxicity changed

This news update regarding the one-generation reproductive toxicity study is brought to you by ECHA.     The REACH annexes VIII, IX and X have been amended with the inclusion of the extended one-generation reproductive toxicity study (EOGRTS, EU B.56, OECD TG 443).   EOGRTS will now be the information requirement for reproductive toxicity in […]

Carcinogenic Byproduct of Caramel Color: Soda Dyed With Caramel Color Could Be Exposing Consumers To Cancer-Causing Chemical

This news update regarding the carcinogenic byproduct of caramel color is brought to you by hngn.com.     Researchers warned that regularly drinking soda could raise one’s cancer risk due to a carcinogenic byproduct of caramel color.   Caramel color is a common ingredient in colas and other dark-colored soft drinks, and the manufacturing process […]

Hazard Identification Materials for Bisphenol A (Female Reproductive Toxicity)

This news update regarding Hazard Identification Materials for Bisphenol A is brought to you by  OEHHA.     Hazard Identification Materials for Bisphenol A.   The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is the lead agency for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 19861 (Proposition 65). […]

Popular soda ingredient poses cancer risk to consumers, new study suggests

This news update regarding how a soda ingredient poses cancer risk is brought to you by medicalxpress.com.     Popular soda ingredient poses cancer risk to consumers.   Public health researchers have analyzed soda consumption data in order to characterize people’s exposure to a potentially carcinogenic byproduct of some types of caramel color. Caramel color is a […]