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On 15 November 2023, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a news report that identifies areas where research is needed to protect human health and the environment. The report entitled "Key areas of regulatory challenges” also highlights a

Effective November 17, 2023, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has included coal-tar pitch, fluoro-edenite fibrous amphibole, and silicon carbide whiskers in the list of chemicals known to cause cancer in Califor

In June, Taiwan’s EPA published official guidance on how to prepare a standard registration dossier for the first list of 106 Priority Existing Substances (PECs). Companies are required to submit nine information items to the authorities. Because o

According to Taiwan’s Toxic and Concerned Chemical Substance Control Act (TCCSCA), new and existing substances must be registered in Taiwan. The first batch of 106 PECs was published on 11 March 2019. Taiwan’s EPA published the draft of Guidance

The Government of the Russian Federation has identified responsible institutions for implementing the Eurasian Technical Regulation 041 (TR 041), an official decree published on 16 September 2020. The Ministry of Industry an

The European Commission announced the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14th October 2020, as a key commitment policy to the European Green Deal. The ambition of the European Green Deal is to ensure climate neutrality and circular econo

On October 14 the European Commission published the comprehensive Chemical strategy (EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability). The Strategy is the first step toward a zero pollution ambition outlined in the European Green Deal. The strategy covers

FCMs regulations are fast-moving to improve the protection of public health. Food contact materials (FCMs) refer to all materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, for example, packaging and containers, machinery to process fo

The EPA showed its intention to grant the extension of the deadline for Standard Registration of 106 PECs as chemical manufacturing and import associations in Taiwan raised their concerns over the preparation for dossiers in public seminars in Oc

On the 24 December 2020, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) released the final versions of technical risk assessment guidelines. These guidelines will guide and regulate risk assessment activities and assisting the implementation

Grandfathering is a transitional arrangement under UK REACH that allows GB-based manufacturers and importers of a substance registered under EU REACH to continue to import or manufacture that substance in Great Britain past the end of th

The Ministry of Environment (MoE) in South Korea has announced late pre-registration criteria on 23 February. Existing substances are chemicals that have been circulated in South Korea before 1991 or nominated by the MoE after the hazards assessment

As per Canada’s New Substances Fees Regulations, fees must be provided with each New Substance Notification (NSN) package submitted under the New Substance Notification Regulations (Chemicals and Polymers).  The amount of fee will be depen

On May 27 Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) proposed an amendment to the Regulation on New and Existing Chemical Substances. The regulation was first published in 2014 and had previously been amended in March 2019. The lega

  The Government has appointed Graeme Barden as the new Executive Director of the nation’s industrial chemicals assessment and regulatory body, the Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS). The regulatory authority has

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated the Toxic Chemical Substances List on June 22nd, 2021.  After the hazard assessment under K-REACH, 13 substances were revised, and 19 substances were newly added to th

The National Medical Products Administration of China (NMPA) announced their working plan for the second half of 2021 on 5th July 2021. This working plan is based on the haircare products and children’s cosmetics work done in the first half of

On June 13, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that its Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) will conduct a peer review of two key assessments: the Draft Risk Evaluation for 1,1-dichloroethane and the draft hazar

On the 18th of January 2022, ECHA advises on how to determine and apply dose selection for dose and reproductive toxicity. This is in alignment with OECD guidelines. The director of ECHA for Hazard Assessment said the amended REACH annexes and the gu

National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updated and announced the results of hazard review of chemical substances under K-REACH on February 11th, 2022.The updates are as follows:·         Update the hazard infor