Scheduled to last five years and supported by €11.6 million, EU Project ZeroPM (Zero Pollution of Persistent, Mobile Substances) is to bring together many well-known scientists. Under the direction of Dr. Sarah Hale and Prof. Hans Peter Arp of the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, the project’s members are to work at various levels –...
On August 25, 2021, the German Federal Law Gazette published the Ordinance on the Reordering of National Substatutory Regulations for Biocide Products. It replaces the Biocide Licensing Ordinance immediately and the Biocide Reporting Ordinance on January 1, 2022. The most important change in the ChemBiozidDV is that certain biocide products may be sold only after consultation with...
A study published in mid-August has revealed a weakness in EU legislation. Although the EU Cosmetics Regulation has forbidden animal experiments for cosmetic products since 2013, REACH actually requires data from animal experiments in many cases. The crux of the matter is that chemicals in cosmetics must be safe for consumers, in which case the Cosmetics...
On August 9, the EU began public consultation on the revision of the CLP Regulation. Organizations, corporations, and public agencies have until November 15 to offer feedback on planned revisions of the CLP Regulation that are part of the EU’s sustainability strategy. The feedback helps evaluate the effects of the modifications. Plans...
The EU has lowered the threshold for the total concentration of eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in granules and mulches from 100 mg/kg or 1,000 mg/kg in mixtures to 20 mg/kg (corresponding to 0.002% by weight). The EU legislated the change in EU Regulation 2021/1199, published on July 21. Stakeholders have until August...
In July 2021, the ECHA added eight substances of very high concern (SVHC) to the REACH Candidate List as announced in a press release. The list currently contains 219 chemicals that now require mandatory information and will soon require authorization. The eight new substances include: 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl)propionaldehyde and stereoisomers: Toxic for...
As part of a new EU implementation project, REACH-EN-FORCE-11 (REF 11), national agencies will inspect submissions from 2023 onward to determine if companies have implemented the new requirements for safety data sheets (SDS) according to Regulation (EU) 2020/878. The ECHA reported on the project in a press release. Complete and regularly...
In September of this year, the ECHA will release initial information from the SCIP database for consumers, recycling companies, and other interested parties. The ECHA chose this date after it missed the planned start at the end of February because of technical problems. That information is found in the current...
Under the direction of Graham Peaslee at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, American scientists studied 231 cosmetics products sold in the United States and Canada. The results? All of them contained fluorine, some in comparatively high concentrations. The team examined 29 products in more detail, including mascaras, concealers, foundations,...
A number of scientists known as the Global PFAS Science Panel argue for listing persistence as a stand-alone hazard class in the CLP Regulation. They raised the argument in their comments on the schedule that the EU published at the end of March for a planned revision of the CLP Regulation. The...
