The French government is implementing a restriction on the use of octocrilene, a chemical used as a UV filter in cosmetic ingredients, due to potential environmental risks.
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
- ECHA Updates Registry of Classification and Labelling (CLH) Intentions with the Chemical Octocrilene
On January 29, 2024, Mono- and di-phthalate esters with linear and/or branched alkyl moieties with at least one longest continuous carbon chain counted from the ester function corresponding to C4-C6 and/or with C6 cyclic saturated carbon chains…
On January 15, 2024, ECHA started a 45 day public commenting period (i.e till February 29, 2024) on C18 unsaturated fatty acids, reaction products with 1-aminopropan-2-ol, maleic anhydride and sodium bisulfite, which is under testing proposal…
On January 15, 2024, ECHA started a 45 day public commenting period (i.e till February 29, 2024) on Trimethylolpropane and its reaction products with methyloxirane, which is under testing proposal by REACH regulation.
On January 15, 2024, ECHA started a 45 day public commenting period (i.e till February 29, 2024) on Formaldehyde, reaction products with m-phenylenediamine, sodium sulfide (Na2S) and sulfur, which is under testing proposal by REACH regulation.…
The European Commission has postponed the expiry date of the approval of boric acid for use in biocidal products of product-type 8 by Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 to to 31 August 2026.
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added five new substances to its Candidate List of substances of very high concern.
The Shaping Tomorrow Conference, headlined "Today's implementation, tomorrow's innovation: the future of EU chemicals," welcomes attendees to address the current and future problems of implementing EU chemicals legislation.
On February 7, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) released the "universal PFAS restriction dossier" (uPFAS), clearing the way for a wide PFAS ban under the EU's chemical legislation, REACH.