On June 15, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 18 compounds that were subject to premanufacture notices (PMN) and an EPA order…
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to address the unreasonable risk of human health harm produced by perchloroethylene (PCE) under its current conditions of use.
The European Commission's delay in proposing a targeted revision of REACH, the EU's main legislation on chemicals, may have a damaging impact on the Green Deal's legacy. ||
At its tenth meeting in June 2022, the parties to the Stockholm Convention decided to add a new chemical, perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), its salts, and PFHxS-related compounds to the list of chemicals subject to restrictions under the…
Huntsman Petrochemical and two industry trade groups, the American Chemistry Council and the Louisiana Chemical Association, filed lawsuits on February 21, 2023 to challenge the US Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision to keep a 2020…
New Zealand issued a proposed new EPA notice on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on February 20, 2023.