As part of the fourteenth adaptation to technical progress (ATP), the EU Commission published Amendment 2020/217 to the CLP Regulation. The new Regulation takes effect on March 9. The new Regulation states that as of September 9, 2021, packaging for titanium dioxide in powered form and packaging of titanium dioxide powder...
As part of the fourteenth adaptation to technical progress (ATP), the EU Commission has classified powdered titanium dioxide as “possibly carcinogenic upon inhalation.” The Commission made its decision on October 4. Unless the EU Parliament and Council of Ministers raise any objections within the next two months, the changes to...
A U.S. firm, Beauty Plus Global Inc., has recalled four cosmetics products after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that they were contaminated with asbestos, a carcinogenic substance. On its Web site, the FDA emphasized that the company recalled the products voluntarily. Nevertheless, the matter is hardly an individual case....