On September 06, 2022, EU's Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) is seeking public comments on draft Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for priority substances under the water framework directive of…
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Ecolab Deutschland GmbH has been authorised to market and use the biocidal product family ‘Hydrogen Peroxide Family 1’ in the EU in accordance with the summary of the biocidal product characteristics set out in the Annex of the Regulation (EU)…
In its response to call for evidence on the EU's adoption of ‘One Substance One Assessment’ approach for chemical safety assessment and to ensure balanced dissemination of chemical safety information which incentivises companies to invest in…
On August 30, 2022, the European Commission released a draft proposal to restrict intentionally-added microplastics which could possibly ban the use of synthetic microplastics in sports fields, cosmetics, cleaning products, pesticides, etc.
In a research study conducted by Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN), it was revealed that Belgium currently has the highest percentage of fruit and vegetables contaminated with toxic pesticides, making groundwater in certain regions unhealthy…
Even after voting overwhelmingly in favor of phasing out the use of animals in research and testing by the members of the European Parliament back in September 2021, it remain suspicious whether Europe will ever reach this goal with contradicting…
On August 22, 2022, an intention for harmonised classification and labelling of Penconazole (1-[2-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pentyl]-1H-1,2,4-triazole) was intimated by Norway to ECHA.
The Dutch authorities have expressed their intention to include perfluoroheptanoic acid and its salts (namely Ammonium perfluoroheptanoate, Perfluoroheptanoic acid and Sodium perfluoroheptanoate) into European Chemicals Agency's substance of very…
An intention for harmonised classification and labelling of 'Benzenamine, N-phenyl-, reaction products with 2,4,4-trimethylpentene' and 'Reaction products of diphenylamine with nonene, branched' was intimated by France to ECHA.
An intention for harmonised classification and labelling of 2,3-epoxypropyl o-tolyl ether was intimated by Denmark to ECHA. The proposed harmonised classifications for the chemical are: Skin Irrit. 2, H315; Skin Sens. 1A, H317; Muta.