The EU’s plan to restrict the use of five bisphenols (bisphenol A [BPA], bisphenol [BPB], bisphenol S [BPS], bisphenol F [BPF] and bisphenol AF [BPAF]) will drive up the price of recycling plastics. That’s the prediction of Plastics Recyclers Europe, an industry association. Their reasoning? The recycling industry would have…
The ECHA has added nine more substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the REACH Candidate List and issued a report on the change. The substances involved include printing inks and toners, plasticizers, paints, coatings and coated products, and flame retardants along with those used in the manufacture of pulp…
South Korea plans to enact a new legal framework for dealing with toxic substances. The changes effect K-REACH and the Chemical Control Act (CCA), a law that regulates the handling of hazardous substances. Representatives of the Environmental Ministry presented the plans (only in Korean) on October 19 at a conference…
Every third consumer product contains substances of very high concern (SVHCs). That’s the finding of a study undertaken as part of an EU project, LIFE AskREACH. The German Federal Environmental Agency also participated in the study and published the results at the beginning of September. Overall, some 106 leisure, garden,…
School supplies have been shown to contain veritable cocktails of hazardous substances. That’s the finding of an expert’s report (in French) published at the start of July by the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES). For example, the scientists found PFAS, BPA, heavy metals, phthalates,…
In written comments sent to members of CARACAL (Competent Authorities for REACH and CLP), the [German] Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin: BAuA) noted disparities in the regulations that apply to substances of very high concern (SVHCs). When they are added to a mixture,…
The European Chemical Industry Council (Conseil Européen des Fédérations de l’Industrie Chimique: CEFIC) analyzed last year’s notification from the Rapid Exchange of Information (RAPEX) system. The Council published the most-important results in a press release in February 2020. According to the document, 92% of chemicals that do not conform to…
