A team of scientists from ETH University in Zurich analyzed 22 chemical inventories from 19 countries and regions and discovered that around 350,000 chemicals and chemical mixtures have been registered around the world – three times more than originally estimated. The leader of the study, Zhanyun Wang, presented the results…
Johnson & Johnson (J&J), a U.S. consumer goods corporation, will end the sale of talc-based baby powder in the United States and Canada in the coming months. Only the inventory remaining at retail locations should be sold, according to a corporate press release issues on May 19. J&J also announced…
The Serbian environmental ministry is pushing ahead with the requirements for chemical laws and has created a list of chemicals that corresponds to the list in Annex VI of the CLP Regulation – as stated in the 13th adaptation to technical and scientific progress that takes effect in May 2020….
The ECHA is now providing companies with a new online tool, the EU Chemicals Legislation Finder (EUCLEF). An ECHA press release announced the availability of the tool. The initial version covers 40 laws, including regulations for toy safety, the use of certain dangerous chemicals in electric and electronic devices (RoHS),…
The EU wants to include seven additional substances of very high concern (SVHC) in Annex XIV of REACH (Authorization List). As part of the public consultation, active participants and interested parties can comment on the recommendation from March 5 to June 5. The chemicals involved include: Siloxane octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane…
Last year, the ECHA performed 301 checks and found that it had to request follow-up data on the long-term effects of chemicals on human health and the environment in 81% of the cases it examined. As the ECHA reported in its press release on February 26, the missing information was…
The Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) of the Malaysian Ministry for Human Resource has added 393 entries to the list of chemicals classified as hazardous and classified 40 chemicals according to the third revised edition of the GHS. The list is part of the Industry Code of Practice…
The European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique: CEFIC) analyzed last year’s notification from the Rapid Exchange of Information (RAPEX) system. The Council published the most-important results in a press release in February 2020. According to the document, 92% of chemicals that do not conform to…
