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On 10 January 2025, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) added ingredients used in cosmetics to the country’s Chemical Risk Information Platform (NITE-CHRIP). As a government agency, NITE has been designated to provide c

On January 22, 2025, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) released a significant update to the Philippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS), adding 161 new chemicals to the official list. This update, detail

The Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (CEPA 1999) remains Canada’s most important chemical control law, requiring assessments of new substances placed on the market after 1994. It mandates reviews of substances introduced before 1994, ensu

On 3 February 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published its Single Programming Document for 2025–2027, outlining its strategic objectives and regulatory actions for the next three years. The plan reinforces ECHA’s role in ensuring chem

The regulation of industrial chemicals in Australia is governed by the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (IC Act), which came into force on March 12, 2019. This Act established the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) and its Execu

The Australian government has updated its Industrial Chemicals Environmental Management Standard (IChEMS), listing new high-risk industrial chemicals for review. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has priorit

On February 5, 2025, the Government of Canada registered SOR/2025-17, officially amending the Domestic Substances List (DSL) under subsection 87(3) of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). This amendment, entitled Order 2024-87-21-0

From March 18 to 20 2025, Peru actively participated in the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 25th Conference of the Parties (PreCOP 2025) on the Basel, Stockholm, and Rotterdam Conventions, held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. During this

Malaysia’s Department of Environment (DOE) recently published a notice on the portal of the Malaysia Environmentally Hazardous Substances System (MyEHS) outlining the country’s regulatory position on two persistent organic pollutants (POPs): Dech

On May 6, 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) published an official notice announcing updates to the Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (IECSC).    New and Registered Substances Added to IECSC 

The main legislations governing the chemical market in China is Order No. 12 of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), Measures for the Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances, also known as MEE Order No.12. This regu

Chemical Regulation in Vietnam  The main chemical law in Vietnam is the Law on Chemicals 06/2007/QH12 issued in Nov. 2007. The Chemical Law provides regulations on chemical handling, safety in chemical handling, right and obligations of organiza

Regulatory Summary   Republic Act 6969, “Toxic Substances and Hazardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act of 1990”, is the key law on chemical management in Philippine. The mandate was published by Chemical Management Section (CMS), Department

Regulatory Summary  In Laos, the responsibility of managing chemical activities and coordinating various sectors to complete the management is mainly assigned to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MOIC) in accordance to the Law on Chemical Mana

Argentina does not currently have a comprehensive National Chemical Inventory, however it maintain a National Chemical List of Prohibited and Restricted Chemicals (LNSPQ), which was established by Resolution 192/2019 and updated by Resolution 504/202

In recent years, there has been a significant rise in efforts surrounding the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) and chemical management. Reflecting both regional and national trends, Peru enacted the decree 1570, in which was approved the law  of Che