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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed extending the compliance deadlines under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for certain entities regulated for their use of methylene chloride. The 18-month extension specifically applies to

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued a draft second revision of IS 4668:20XX, the Indian Standard for ammonium nitrate used in explosives. The draft, titled “Ammonium Nitrate for Explosives – Specification (Second Revision)”, was ope

On 30 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published its Implementation Report on the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)  for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) on its portal. METI releases this report annually to provide a

The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has launched an eight-week public consultation on proposed legislative reforms for chemicals regulation in Great Britain. The consultation, which runs until 18 August 2025, invites stakeholders to share th

European Union (EU)  A new Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability was presented by the EU in 2020 as part of the EU Green Deal. This year, there are major implementations that will be made to achieve this strategy as Europe transitions to a toxi

In an effort to combat Canada’s growing opioid crisis, Health Canada under the Government of Canada, has proposed significant regulatory changes to tighten controls over precursor chemicals and designated devices such as pill presses and encapsulat

The UK Government has launched a public consultation on proposals to extend the transitional registration submission deadlines under UK REACH further. Published on 14 July 2025 by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), he consu

On 30 June 2025, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published the final standard of Desensitized Explosives on the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) portal. MIIT designated new standard GB 30000.30-2025

On May 13, the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MMA) launched a public consultation on the draft Decree intended to implement Law No. 15.022 of November 13, 2020 on the official page Participa + Brasil. The public consultation, which w

Update: As per scheduled information, mandatory standard GB 30000.1-2024 becomes effective on 1 August 2025. Now from 1 August 2025 onwards, classification and labelling of chemicals must be applicable as per GB 30000.1-2024 (GHS Rev.8) only. More i

In October 2022 the National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore presented a list of 26 chemicals and chemical groups it proposes to control as hazardous substances under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) and the Environmental

New Zealand is proposing to amend Schedule 2A of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act (HSNO Act) to include three new chemicals: Methoxychlor, Dechlorane Plus, and UV-328. These chemicals were added to Annex A of the Stockholm Convention on

The Chilean Ministry of Health has officially incorporated immunohematological reagents into the sanitary control regime established under Article 111 of the Sanitary Code. This measure, enacted through Decree 5 Exempt, was promulgated on February 4,

Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has opened Public Consultation No. 1,313, seeking public input on a proposed Normative Instruction that defines how companies must transmit and manage data under the Unique Device Identificatio

On 14 October 2022, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced two different public consultation notifications to add 13 more compounds that could be hazardous to the health of workers under the Labour Standards Act. The start o

Brazil is the world’s largest user of pesticides and has been the market for many agrochemical companies. The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA), agency responsible for toxicological assessment, submitted several modification p

China opened a public consultation on the new Guidance on Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances. The draft guideline provides implementation design for the MEE ORDER 12 with regards to the scope of registration, data requir

In a significant move towards environmental sustainability, Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has taken a proactive stance by introducing a draft technical standard aimed at regulating the emissions of volatile organic compounds

  On November 19th, 2020, the Standardization Administration of China (SAC) published the Guidelines for the Use and Control of Key Chemical Substances in Consumer Products (GB/T 39498-2020), with its effective date on June 1st, 2021. The

Australia announced in the beginning of year 2020 about their decision to adapt 7th Revision of the Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) from 1st July 2020. This will be adopted under the Model Work Health