Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) comprise more than 4,700 man-made substances found in a variety of consumer goods. They pose health and environmental hazards to the Canadian environment.
The European Union's Chemical Agency (ECHA) is moving from risk to hazard-based assessments of chemicals, allowing regulators to label substances as dangerous based on hypothetical characteristics rather than real-world exposure to harm.
The amended Circular A-4 uses a 1.7% discount rate to avoid undervaluing environmental and public health advantages in cost-benefit evaluations.
Canada announced the availability of its Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report (Draft Report) in the Canada Gazette on May 20, 2023.
Beginning in January 2025, HF 2310 prohibits the intentional use of PFAS in 11 categories of consumer products. By January 2032, the bill prohibits the intentional use of PFAS in all other products sold in Minnesota.
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide grants to assist communities in addressing PFAS contamination, but would also limit the authority of state agencies supervising the cleanup of the chemicals or the implementation of…
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a diverse group of compounds used in a variety of consumer and industrial products that expose humans directly.
The Central Government has issued an order, known as the Copper (Quality Control) Order, 2023, which applies to goods or article specified in the Schedule annexed to the Order.
Due to the expiration of the data protection period for existing chemical substances that have been recognized for data protection and notified as generic names, maintenance such as modification of the original chemical substance name is required…
General Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment department organized the compilation of the national ecological and environmental standard "Naming Code for Environmental Management of Chemical Substances (Draft)" in order to standardize…