From: EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) have announced a partnership that will promote enhanced technical cooperation on chemical management activities. The partnership is part of EPA’s commitment to improve chemical safety. ECHA is the agency that implements the European Union’s chemical management program known as REACH (Registration, […]

From: PRLog Korea has taken a major step toward achieving full compliance with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for the classification and labeling of chemicals by identifying 151 substances as “hazardous” for consultation. The Ministry of the Environment (MoE) in Korea also is placing more responsibilities on manufacturers and importers by introducing new […]

From: Environmental Leader The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has removed saccharin and its salts from its list of hazardous substances. Saccharin is found in diet soft drinks, chewing gum and juice. It was also used in early sugar substitutes, as it is approximately 300 times sweeter than sucrose or sugar. Saccharin was considered a potential […]

From: ECHA Today, the European Chemicals Agency has added eight chemical substances to the Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) for Authorisation. Companies are advised to check the potential obligations that result from this listing. Following the unanimous agreement of the Member State Committee, ECHA is adding eight substances to the Candidate […]

From: OEHHA On October 22, 2010, OEHHA published a notice in the California Regulatory Notice Register (Register 10 No. 43-Z) soliciting information which may be relevant to the evaluation of cocamide diethanolamine (coconut oil acid diethanolamine condensate) (CAS No. 68603-42-9) under consideration for possible listing within the context of the Proposition 65 administrative listing regulatory […]

From: Yahoo Finance On December 14, 2010, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, federal Minister of Health, was pleased to announce that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA), had been passed by Parliament and, upon Royal Assent, would become law. The new CCPSA will better protect the health and safety of Canadians by: prohibiting the manufacture, […]

From: The Dake Page November 30th has passed and all of the chemical substances pre-registered at manufacture or import above 1000 tonnes per year should have now been registered.  Now ECHA has made available a searchable database of information on registered substances. According to ECHA, the information in the database was provided by companies in […]

From: Environmental Defence The Canadian Consumer Specialty Products Association (CCSPA) and Environmental Defence applaud last night’s passage of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act by the Senate of Canada.  The new Act is an update to the 40-year old Hazardous Products Act. The European Union and the United States currently have laws that enable their […]

From: Health Canada This recall involves several La Biosthetique brand aerosol hair care products. The following hair care products come in pressurized containers with the name “Biosthetics” written on the side. In total, six products coming in various sizes have been recalled. The recalled products do not meet labelling requirements for potentially flammable and explosive […]

From: AFP More than 400 chemicals that cause cancer, mutations or reproductive problems are being used in the European Union, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said in Helsinki on Wednesday…The ECHA unveiled what spokesman Mikko Vaananen described as “without exaggeration the most ambitious chemicals database project in the world,” containing a total of 4,300 substances. […]