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Oct 24, 2023 | South Korea announces the hazards and risks of 55 new chemical substances.
On September 26, 2023, the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) announced the names, hazards, and risks of 55 new chemical substances manufactured and imported in the third quarter of 2023, as well...

Oct 20, 2023 | Argentina Implements New Mercury Storage Rules in Accordance with the Minamata Convention
Argentina has introduced fresh technical guidelines for the storage of mercury in line with the Minamata Convention. The issued Resolution delineates the particulars concerning storage and management,...

South Korea publishes instructions on how to write labels for biocidal products.
Oct 24, 2023
On October 6, 2023, the National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) of South Korea published guidance on product labelling when submitting the approval documents for biocidal products under K...

Compliance date for Poison Centre Notifications is approaching
Oct 23, 2023
Importers and downstream users of industrial-use-only mixtures need to be aware of the upcoming second poison centre compliance date. From 1 January 2024, all newly submitted poison centre notif...

Public Consultation on Standard for Plastic Bottles for Water in India
Oct 23, 2023
On October 13, 2023, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) opened a public consultation on a standard for plastic bottles and containers used for packaging natural mineral water and drinking water. T...

European Commission proposes measures to reduce microplastic pollution from plastic pellets
Oct 23, 2023
On 16 October 2023, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation on the prevention of pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution. The aim of the proposal is to ensure that all ope...

Mercosur Proposes Updates to Additives for Food Contact Materials: Seeking Public Feedback
Oct 16, 2023
The trade bloc of South America (Mercosur) has released a preliminary regulatory proposal aimed at modernizing the roster of permissible additives for food contact materials. Should the proposal g...

Japan revises the classification of 6 chemicals under GHS
Oct 21, 2023
On September 25, 2023, Japan’s National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) amended the recommended classifications of six substances based on the sixth revised edition of the UN Globally ...

Malaysia consults on amendments to the Industry Code of Practices
Oct 20, 2023
On 6 September 2023, the Malaysian Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) published its proposed amendments to the Industry Code of Practices of Chemicals Classification and Hazard Commun...

US EPA Expands Safer Chemicals Ingredient List with Inclusion of Ten New Substances
Oct 20, 2023
On September 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expanded the Safer Chemical Ingredients List (SCIL) by adding ten chemicals. The SCIL is a dynamic compilation of chemicals that m...

Draft circular on GHG inventory and emission reduction published by Vietnam.
Oct 19, 2023
A public consultation on the Draft Circular on Technical Regulations for Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Greenhouse Gas Inventory in the Industry and T...
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