Brazil’s chemical inventory and chemicals management legislation is headed for President Lula’s signature. Once signed into law, Brazil will be among other developed countries that closely regulate which chemical substances can be manufactured or imported in Brazil and which companies are authorized to do so. While referred to by some as “Brazil REACH”, there are…
WASHINGTON – Today, Oct. 9, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the fifth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Test Order requiring testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under EPA’s National PFAS Testing Strategy, the latest action taken under EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to confront contamination from “forever chemicals” nationwide. This action orders Innovative Chemical Technologies, The Chemours Company,…
Improves quality of information on labels, safety data sheets; takes effect July 19, 2024 WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor today announced a final rule from its Occupational Safety and Health Administration that will update the current Hazard Communication Standard to better protect workers by improving the amount and quality of information on labels and…
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Pesticide Registration Improvement Act (PRIA) Annual Report, the first one published since PRIA 5 was authorized in 2022. This report describes EPA’s implementation of PRIA 5 including: tracking and status for EPA’s review of pesticide registration actions, registration review cases, process improvements…
The Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist has been updated and is now available. An overview of these changes can be found on the Changes to the Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist webpage. Certain updates to entries included in the proposed changes are currently undergoing additional consultation, as indicated in a previous email to Cosmetics Mailing List subscribers. Future updates…