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...
The German Association of the Chemicals Industry (VCI) and the German Association of Hygiene and Surface Protection Industries (IHO) have developed a position paper that is to provide clarity on the interpretation of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR). Clarity is needed because companies are often unsure how to deal with the question of whether...
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has issued a report, Chemicals of Concern in the Building and Construction Sector, that recommends avoiding the use in the construction sector of chemicals that have been proven to be health risks. Large quantities of these chemicals are used in insulating materials, wood and...
Thailand wants to add ten new substances to the list of dangerous chemicals. The chemicals must be registered with the Department of Industrial Works and require approval and a registration certificate before the companies affected can manufacture or import the chemicals. The chemicals involved are substances with an increased hazard...
South Korea has amended K-REACH, its chemicals law. The change was approved by Parliament on April 13 and takes effect on October 14. The changes in the law mean that from now on, downstream users and sellers can be fined when they bring non-registered substances to market. Before the change, only...
Companies established in Great Britain have completed the transfer for their REACH registration to companies established in the EU, Northern Ireland, and the European Economic Area. By the conclusion of the transition period that ran out at the end of March 2021, more than 8,000 REACH registrations have been transferred. The...
The ECHA has recommended to the EU that it include the following seven substances in Annex XIV, the authorization list, of REACH: Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4) Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) Terphenyl, hydrogenated Dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) Disodium octaborate Benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid 1,2-anhydride (trimellitic anhydride, TMA) The change would obligate companies that want to continue to use these chemicals to request authorization. But...
