China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) announced on 28 December that it has published the 2012 version of its toxic substances directory,....อ่านต่อ

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing significant new rules (SNUR) under section 5(a)(2) of TSCA for 20 substances which were the ...อ่านต่อ

From Chemical Watch - Following extensive discussion, 23 European companies and groups of companies have agreed to set up a consortium for the authori...อ่านต่อ

French researchers have published the results and conclusions from an OECD detailed review paper examining three models used in Cell Transformation As...อ่านต่อ

Scientists investigating the toxicity of silver nanoparticles have concluded that harmful effects are linked to the release of silver ions and surface...อ่านต่อ

The Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif) has issued a statement in response to recent findings of high levels of the substance hexachlorobenz...อ่านต่อ

Scientists have published two new quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models, for in vivo genotoxicity effects in liver and for in viv...อ่านต่อ

The European Chemicals Agency has submitted to the European Commission a recommendation that thirteen Substances of Very High Concern should in future...อ่านต่อ

ECHA has added twenty substances to the Candidate List which now contains seventy-three substances......อ่านต่อ

Members of the environment committee in the European Parliament have approved an amendment to the proposed Energy Efficiency Directive that is to see ...อ่านต่อ

ECHA has delayed the launch of the Classification and Labelling (C&L) inventory, which was planned for today, because of technical problems with the d...อ่านต่อ

Researchers have presented a new model explaining the flow of biocides from house paints into the environment at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) ...อ่านต่อ

The EU has notified the WTO of a modification to the third Adaptation to Technical Progress (ATP) of the classification, labelling and packaging (CLP)...อ่านต่อ

The Member State Committee of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) reached a unanimous decision at its meeting last week to add 4-tert-octylphenol to ...อ่านต่อ

Industry is working hard to improve and harmonise exposure scenario communication, according to speakers at a REACH Implementation workshop held in Br...อ่านต่อ

The Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks (SCENIHR) has been requested by the European Commission to develop two scientif...อ่านต่อ

ECHA has launched a new website, claiming it is easier to use and written in plainer English to make it more informative, “particularly for non-scient...อ่านต่อ

The Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) has published an analysis of 12 firework products, concluding that three of the samples contain high levels of the...อ่านต่อ

The Swedish Chemicals Agency (Kemi) has published an analysis of the antibacterial chemicals triclosan, trichlocarban and silver in 30 textiles produc...อ่านต่อ

MEPs voted today to almost totally phase out phosphates in washing powders and dishwasher detergents with the aim of better protecting aquatic life in...อ่านต่อ