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In a significant move to protect public health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued orders on December 1, 2023, directing Inhance Technologies LLC (Inhance) to cease the production of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Thes

On January 6, 2025, the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a draft risk evaluation for dicyclohexyl phthalate (DCHP) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for public comment. Alongside this, EPA published technical support doc

On 18 November 2023, in a significant move to safeguard both the environment and public health, the Government of Canada unveiled the Certain Products Containing Toxic Substances Regulations. This initiative is part of the broader Chemicals Managemen

Canada's health and environment ministries, namely Health Canada (HC) and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), are actively seeking public input as they embark on the development of a comprehensive strategy to reduce the use of vertebrate an

  The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) of New Zealand has announced it is seeking feedback on aquatic risk assessments and proposed hazard classifications for eight synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) as part of its ongoing reassessment of hazard

On January 3, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its final risk evaluation for diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), concluding that it poses an unreasonable risk to human health, particularly to unprotected female workers of reprod

In accordance with the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA), the Government of Canada is actively engaged in the comprehensive evaluation of substances to assess their potential risks to human health and the environment. This process in

On January 3, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanded the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) by adding nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The nine PFAS were added to the TRI list as part of the Fiscal Year 2020 Nationa

The "Draft amendment of the Prime Minister's Decision on the List of GHG Emission Facilities that Must Carry Out Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories" (the Draft) was published by the Vietnamese Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment on October 10

On December 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will prioritize five toxic chemicals for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), with risk evaluations initiated if the chemicals are design

On December 21, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the much-anticipated 2023 Mercury Inventory Report, an important document that sheds light on the supply, use, and trade of mercury in the United States. This is the second

On 14 December 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it has prioritized the chemical 4,4'-Methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA) CAS RN: 101-14-4) for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Chemic

Effective December 29, 2023, the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has added bisphenol S (BPS) to the Proposition 65 list as a reproductive toxicant, specifically targeting the fem

On January 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced a new framework for identifying eye irritation and corrosion hazards in new chemicals evaluated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This standardized approach ai

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the revised Emission Scenario Document (ESD) for Product Type 18 (PT18) in December 2024. This substantial update to the 2008 OECD ESD PT18 offers critical enhancements for the environmental risk assessme

The Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency has recently published the draft Handling, Manufacture, Storage, Import of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Substances Rules, 2024, in short the Hazardous Substances Rules, 2024. The draft rules are open for

On January 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) that prevents companies from resuming or initiating the production or processing of 329 per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that h

The National Environment Agency (NEA) of Singapore launched a public consultation on 18 January 2024. The consultation seeks public input on the proposed regulation of medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (

On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been automatically added to the list of chemicals covered by the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).  The TRI was

In a significant move to enhance environmental safety, Singapore's National Environment Agency (NEA) has announced amendments to the Environmental Protection and Management Act 1999, specifically targeting hazardous substances. These amendments, whic