South Korea's Ministry of Environment has announced a support program for the production of hazardous test data for new chemical substances.
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From January 22 to February 26, 2024, the Ministry of Environment and the Korea Environment Corporation will take proposals for the "Chemical Safety Workplace Creation Support Project" to improve their aged hazardous chemical handling facilities…
The Ministry of Environment has announced the change of criteria and techniques for showing the proportion of recycled raw materials in Notice No. 2023-726, asking public comments by January 1, 2024.
The Korean Smoking Cessation Society advocates for increased cigarette prices in South Korea to improve public health and address a significant tax revenue shortfall. However, the current proposal faces opposition.
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…
National Institute of Environmental Research has made public in order to inform the public and seek opinion on the purpose and contents of the draft amendment to the "Designation of Existing Biocidal Substances Subject to Suspension of Approval…
In order to get feedback from the public on the changes to the stipulated quantities for toxic substances, restricted substances, prohibited substances, and substances subject to Authorization, South Korea's Ministry of Environment (MoE)…
On September 30, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor (MoEL) published the new chemical substances recently registered and assessed under its Occupational, Safety and Health Act (K-OSHA) (Listed as serial number 22-22-124 to 22-22…
On October 6, 2022, South Korea’s latest revision to the "Regulations on the classification and labeling of chemical substances" was published.
On August 25, 2022, South Korea’s Ministry of Environment officially published the "Regulations on the Designation of Licensed Substances" detailing out the process of selecting candidate substances and designate the authorized substances under K…