In June 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its draft risk evaluation for dibutyl phthalate (DBP), also known as 1,2-benzenedicarboxylic acid, 1,2-dibutyl ester (CAS No. 84-74-2) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
Read More...The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea consults on a draft amendment of ‘the Regulation on the subject and methods of risk assessment for the consumer chemical products’ under the Consumer Chemical Products and Bio
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Read More...On 20 September, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine notified the draft Technical Regulation on the Safety of Chemical Products to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This notification signals Ukraine's commitmen
Read More...On 1 November 2023, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) issued a directive requiring companies to submit detailed information on two priority assessment chemicals (PACs) under the country's Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL).
Read More...The Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation, Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, is the legal framework for the regulation of chemicals in the European Union (EU). It was adopted to enhance the protection of
Read More...On March 8, 2025, the Government of Canada published two regulatory proposals in the Canada Gazette to list boric acid, its salts and precursors, as well as certain substances in the benzotriazoles and benzothiazoles group, specifically 2-mercaptoben
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