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This news update on the ECHA Candidate List is brought to you by ECHA. The European Chemicals Agency has added cadmium chloride, a phthalate and two boron substances to the Candidate List, which now contains 155 substances. Helsinki, 16 June 2014 – Cadmium chloride is a carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction (CMR) substance […]
This news update on Singapore GHS is brought to you by ChemLinked. Singapore’s taskforce on GHS implementation will discuss with industry the feasibility of implementing a grace period of one year before GHS implementation becomes mandatory. On February 7th 2014, Singapore Chemical Standards Committee approved the Singapore Standard […]
This news update on the intent to list ethylene glycol is brought to you by OEHHA. On April 11, 2014, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 2014, No. 15-Z) announcing its intent to list ethylene glycol as known […]
This news update featuring RAC in EU regulatory processes is brought to you by ECHA. The role of RAC in EU regulatory processes The Committee is responsible for preparing the opinion of the Agency on applications for authorisation, proposals for restrictions and proposals for harmonised classification and labelling. RAC also prepares opinions on specific questions […]
This news release on the Toxin Freedom Fighters is brought to you by GreenBiz.com On the final day of April, Seventh Generation took a group of children, dubbed the Toxin Freedom Fighters, to Washington, D.C., armed with 120,000 signatures supporting chemical regulation reform. Those signatures, 20,000 more than Seventh Generation’s goal, were gathered […]
This news update on Alternative Test Methods is brought to you by SpecialChem. ECHA’s second report to the European Commission on the use of alternative test methods under REACH shows an increase in the use of these methods. The report’s analysis is based on over 38 000 registration dossiers submitted for the 2010 […]
This news update discussing chemicals in consumer products is brought to you by Chemical Watch. A position paper published by the European Association for the Coordination of Consumer Representation in Standardisation (Anec) outlines several strategies to address chemicals in key consumer product areas, such as toys, textiles and construction products. The document […]
This news update focusing on child resistant packaging is brought to you by Packaging Europe. In June 2015, only a year hence, the new Classification and Labelling of Chemical Substances Regulations: CLP (GHS) 1272/2008/EC, known as CLP, will become fully effective. These pan European regulations will supersede the UK only: Chemicals (Hazard Information and […]
This news update on the authorisation of biocidal products is brought to you by ECHA. The aim is to avoid duplicating work and improve the consistency of the renewal of authorisation processes in the EU. Helsinki, 4 June 2014 – Today, a Commission delegated regulation enters into force providing supplementary rules for the […]
This news update on Proposition 65 Settlement is brought to you by Digital Journal. Proposition 65 Settlement Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mel Red Recana granted Plaintiffs’ Motion to Approve a Consent Judgment on Friday, May 30, 2014, Case #BC537188. The Consent Judgment is between 4 California Plaintiffs and a group […]