Industry representatives, including the American Chemistry Council (ACC), have criticized the draft guidance published in mid-August by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE). As part of the period allowed for public comments, which ended on September 6, representatives of the ACC stated that the new requirements for registration…
The Taiwanese Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (only in Chinese) has entered three persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed in the Stockholm Convention to its own list of toxic chemicals. The chemicals involved include the group of short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs), decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE), and hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD). SCCPs function as flame retardants,…
As of January 2016, China will strictly limit the use of six hazardous substances in passenger vehicles. The measure and others are part of a national sustainability plan that should improve the environmental scorecard of automobile manufacturers. According to the Chinese Ministry for Industry and Information Technology (MITT), the new…
