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This news update concerning animal testing is brought to you by the European Commission. The 4th Annual Meeting of the SEURAT-1 cluster, recently held in Barcelona (5-6 February 2014), was the largest so far, attracting more than 150 participants. With the collective aim of ultimately replacing in vivo repeated dose systemic toxicity testing […]
This news update about ECHA registrants is brought to you by ECHA. ECHA has started sending out legally binding letters to registrants who have registered their substances as intermediates, but have not responded to the Agency’s requests to correct the inconsistencies found in their dossiers. Companies receiving the letter have one month to update […]
This news update on read-across adaptations is brought to you by ECHA. Case A-006-2012 concerned the Agency’s interpretation of the conditions that have to be met when a registrant adapts the standard information requirements through the use of a read-across approach. Helsinki, 13 February 2014 – The Board of Appeal decided that for a […]
This update on substances of very high concern is brought to you by ECHA. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published an update of the Guidance on the preparation of an Annex XV dossier for the identification of substances of very high concern on its website following a consultation process. Helsinki, 12 […]
This proposal on SVHCs is brought to you by ECHA. Helsinki, 10 February 2014 – ECHA has recommended a new batch of substances for authorisation to the European Commission. Four of them have hazardous properties for human health being classified as carcinogenic, toxic for reproduction or respiratory sensitisers. The fifth entry comprises an SVHC […]
This update Fertilizer Chemical Safety is brought to you by OSHA. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is partnering with the Agricultural Retailers Association and The Fertilizer Institute to reach more than 7,000 agricultural retailers, distributers, producers and other facilities in the fertilizer industry to remind employers of the importance of safely storing […]
This news is brought to you by The Guardian. Ignorance of the basic properties of a chemical stored near a West Virginia water utility hampered the emergency response when the chemical spilled last month, state officials told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday Hundreds of residents in nine West Virginia counties were sickened and […]
This concern is brought to you by SpecialChem. PHILADELPHIA — The Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC), which operates the Leaping Bunny Program in the U.S. and Canada, has serious concerns about the Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013 (SCPCPA), H.R. 1385, legislation intended to overhaul the way cosmetic […]
This article is brought to you by the OEHHA. Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation and communication in the implementation of Proposition 65 with respect to exposure to Proposition 65 listed chemicals in food or food additives between the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. […]
This article is brought to you by the EFSA. This technical report derives from a self-task mandate of EFSA and describes a framework applicable, in principle, for the identification of emerging chemical risks, as defined by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002, occurring in the food and feed chain with a likely direct or indirect […]