UNECE Announces Updates for the 11th Revised Edition of GHS

Jul-18-2025

On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).  The amendments to the tenth...

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UN Announces Amendments for the 24th Revised Edition of the UN Model Regulations

Jul-18-2025

On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. These amendments to the twenty-third revised edition...

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OECD Publishes New and Revised Test Guidelines for Chemical Safety Assessment

Jun-30-2025

On 25 June 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published 56 new, updated, and corrected Test Guidelines for the testing of chemicals. These guidelines, available in both English...

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COP-12 Expands Stockholm Convention Annex A to Include Chlorpyrifos, MCCPs, and LC-PFCAs; UV-328 Exemptions Revised

At the 2025 Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions, held from April 28 to May 9 in Geneva, significant strides were made in global chemical...

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UN Negotiations on Plastic Pollution Progress Slowly Amid Calls for Faster Action and Stronger Mandates

In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted Resolution 5/14, calling for the development of an international legally binding instrument to combat plastic pollution, including in the marine environment....

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GHS Update: New Clarifications Proposed for Mutagenicity Hazard Class

On 19 November 2024, the Sub-Committee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) published proposed clarifications to the classification criteria for germ cell mutagenicity...

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UNECE Publishes ADN 2025: Updates for the Transport of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways

On 6 January 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 2025 version of the European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (ADN)...

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UNECE Publishes ADR 2025: Key Updates to Dangerous Goods Transport Regulations

On 2 January 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the 2025 version of the Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (ADR) on its...

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ICCA Launches Plastics Additives Database to Enhance Transparency and Safety in the Plastic Industry

On 25 November 2024, the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) launched the first version of its Plastics Additives Database, aiming to enhance transparency and provide essential health and safety information...

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New International Proposal Targets Hazardous Chemicals in Plastics to Fight Pollution

A groundbreaking proposal to establish strict criteria and lists for chemicals of concern in plastics was launched by Norway, the Cook Islands and Rwanda ahead of INC-4 (the fourth session of...

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