A team of scientists from ETH University in Zurich analyzed 22 chemical inventories from 19 countries and regions and discovered that around 350,000 chemicals and chemical mixtures have been registered around the world – three times more than originally estimated. The leader of the study, Zhanyun Wang, presented the results…
Shortly before the expiration of the preregistration period for existing substances at the end of June 2019, the South Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE) has issued additional instructions for two special cases (in Korean only). The first case involves substances of unknown or variable composition, complex reaction products, or biological…
Experts from the [German] Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesamt für Risikobewertung (BfR)) and the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt (UBA)) have collaborated to examine some 1,932 registration dossiers of leading and individual registrants of phase-in substances that have an annual production of 1,000 tons or more. The results? Six of…
