The Department of Environment plans to add 162 new substances to the national chemical inventory (Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances: PICCS). The inventory lists all existing substances manufactured, imported, or used in the country. The list currently contains 22,439 substances. Substances that are not listed there must be…
The expected approval of the revised chemical regulation (Eurasia REACH or TR EAEU 041/2017) will be delayed by one year, to 2023. The war in Ukraine and the related postponement of finalization of the central chemical inventory are the reasons. Because of the confusion caused by the war, the five…