The Government of India has given a new date for enforcement of the existing quality control order for Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymers, Maleic anhydride, Styrene (Vinyl Benzene), Acrylonitrile, Polyethene material, Linear Alkyl Benzene, and…
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The Commission is looking to launch an initiative to update an established list of authorised products and substances (Regulation (EU) 2021/1165) according to EU rules on organic farming.
From November 02, 2022, ECHA is calling for evidence and comments on its investigation report on Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and PVC additives.
The Danish Consumer Council THINK has been in stores to find products with PFAS.
- EWG submits its comments on draft guidelines by WHO on PFOA and PFOS contamination of drinking water
Submitting comments on the World Health Organization (WHO)'s draft guidelines for allowable levels of PFOA and PFOS contamination in drinking water, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has expressed that the proposed guidelines ignore WHO's…
Two new chemicals (or group of chemicals) namely decabromodiphenyl ether and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds have been included in the Annex III to the Rotterdam Convention.
On October 25, 2022, 1-Decen-4-yne was listed in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals.
On October 4, 2022, Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) published a draft amendment to the Categories and Management of Handling for Toxic Chemical Substances aiming to tighten the use of organotin compounds by reclassifying…
Submitting comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.
- A New Method for Environmental Risk Assessment of Pollutants Based on Multi-Dimensional Risk Factors
The journal of toxins published a research article titled “a new method for environmental risk assessment of pollutants based on multi-dimensional risk factors” on 15 September 2022.