The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to address the unjustified risk of human health injury caused by methylene chloride under its current usage circumstances.
Carcinogen
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs 133 contains an assessment on the carcinogenicity of four substances: 2-bromopropane, butyl methacrylate, anthracene, and dimethyl hydrogen phosphite.
A public notice about substances identified by the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare as having carcinogenicity based on the terms of the Industrial Safety and Health Regulations, was released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
All laundry detergents that contain more than two parts per million (PPM) of a potential human carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane, a chemical byproduct, in many well-known laundry detergents, are now prohibited by a new regulation that recently went into…
ECHA is seeking public comments on proposed harmonised classification and labelling (CLH) of 2-methyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one hydrochloride; 2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1,2-thiazol-3-one hydrochloride (used in biocides and laboratory chemicals for its…
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is announcing this year’s meeting of the Carcinogen Identification Committee (CIC), which will be held virtually on December 14, 2022 at 10:00 am.
European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) has adopted an opinion proposing to restrict the marketing and use of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocabons (PAHS) containing substances in clay targets for shooting.
On September 15, 2022, the European Commission published Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1531, namely the Omnibus Act V imposing bans and restrictions on more than a dozen carcinogenic, mutagenic or reproductive toxic (CMR) substances, and…
On September 02, 2022, ECHA added 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromo-4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol into its substances of very high concern (SVHC) identification list as per the proposal of Norway. The chmical is reactive and used as additive flame retardant.
In a research study conducted to examine the associations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure, altered metabolic pathways, and risk of non-viral hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), it was found that exposure to high perfluorooctane…