„The only thing constant in life is change" Heraclitus of Ephesus already knew this and this still holds true 2500 years later. Since the beginning of 2020, Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG is new owner of KFT Chemieservice GmbH. Infraserv Höchst appointed Marcus Rosenberger and Stefan Palla as managing directors of KFT Chemieservice GmbH. As a...
The EU plans to restrict the use of the methyl-n-methylanthranilate (M-N-MA) fragrance and list it in Annex III of the Cosmetics Regulation. In this draft legislation, the EU is following a recommendation of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS). Experts on the committee indicated that the substance is phototoxic, meaning that it...
The European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l'Industrie Chimique: CEFIC) criticized the push of the EU Commission to introduce new hazard classes soon. Chemical Watch quoted the Council as saying “as CEFIC, we see this direction as alarming,” because the step works against plans to establish global, uniform hazard communication. In the past, the...
On its Web site, the EU has published a road map for ending the use of dental amalgams and a preliminary Inception Impact Assessment. Feedback from the public is welcome until April 2, 2021. According to the road map, the EU wants to prepare a draft law for ending the use of...
The Canadian Government wants to add several chemicals to the list of toxic substances in the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), including long-chain aliphatic amines (staring with chains of 14 carbon atoms), 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT) and its precursors, and chlorhexidine. In their assessment, published in the Canada Gazette on March 6,...
A third of all warnings are related to toys, and hazardous chemicals are the reason for warning notifications in 18% of all cases. Those are two essential results from the newest Safety Gate Report, published by the EU at the beginning of March. The EU also issued a press release on March 2. ...
As of April 2021, companies operating on the Japanese market can access a new cloud-based online tool, the GHS Mixture Classification and Labelling Creation System (GMICCS) to help classify and label chemicals much more easily and much more quickly. The tool was developed by Japan’s National Institute of Technology and...
For some time now, the EU has striven for mandatory registration of polymers. But which polymers are to be registered according to the requirements of REACH? And above all, which criteria should apply to the registration? Although no consensus yet exists to answer these questions, some key points have been...
Working safely with persistent organic pollutants (POPs) is the highest priority in South Korea. As part of its national plan that runs from 2021 to 2025, South Korea wants to classify chemicals on the list of the Stockholm Convention (POP Convention) as “priority control substances” in K-REACH. The move subjects...
The Russian Ministry for Industry and Trade (Minpromtorg) has published the final version of its chemical inventory (Russian only). The list contains some 80,000 chemicals. The list is to be integrated into the register of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), whose members includeArmenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia. The goal...
Since the start of the year, Regulation (EU) 2020/878 has been in effect, which modifies Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH). Annex II defines the requirements for the creation of an SDS. The changes affect the content and format of an SDS. The new Regulation has two principal...
