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.
Safety assessment
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 Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's (PHMSA) Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) are being updated, clarified, made safer, or simplified through the use of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).
"New approach methodologies" (NAMs), non-animal techniques that are improving in accuracy, reliability, speed, and cost-effectiveness for determining the toxicity of chemicals, are now the focus of enthusiasm from governments and business across…
A new version of the detergent rule is likely to come out in the first quarter of 2023. As part of the EU's chemicals strategy for sustainability, the provisions could be added to or made stronger.
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.
Benzene, 1-(2-methylpropyl)-4-(propoxymethyl)-(CAS no. 1631962-93-0) was added to the inventory after an assessment document was issued.
On 3rd March 2023, the European Commission adopted approximately 100 new and updated test methods for the safety assessment of chemicals under REACH (Regulation for the registration, evaluation, authorization, and restriction of chemicals).
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…
On December 22, 2022, the U.S.
