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ECHA has launched a project to develop more content for the web section targeted to the general public. The agency has established a discussion platform with public interest NGOs and they have given input for new themes in the...

On April 29, 2013, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) titled "Toxic Substances: EPA has Increased Efforts to Assess and Control Chemicals but...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) will be holding its first Biocides Stakeholders' Day on Jun 25, 2013 in Helsinki, Finland. The event is in preparation for the appli cation date of the Biocidal Products Regulation (BPR) on...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) Board of Appeal has annulled an ECHA decision requiring additional animal toxicity testing of the low global warming potential refrigerant HF-1234yf (2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene) and sent the...

IUCLID, used by chemical industry to register substances under REACH, now features thirteen nanomaterial-specific reporting templates designed by JRC scientists. IUCLID (the International Uniform Chemical Database) is the...

Recently, I took the fight for safer chemicals to the streets. Well, not exactly to the streets. I took it to the Safeway store in Silver Spring, Md., with my friend Laura MacCleery, of the blog Laura's Rules . That's because...

Dangerous chemicals found in everything from children's toys to toothpaste are not being properly policed, UK campaigners say. ||| London - A group of dangerous chemicals found in everything from children's toys to toothpaste...

A group of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have called for third party participation in the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances (REACH) process. ChemSec and other groups raised...

última version al 10:48 3 abr 2013 Well, times change and materials once thought to be safe eventually get come across as ones very may affect our individual health negatively. The romans imagined lead pipes became great ways...

EFSA’s experts concluded that available or soon to be available internationally agreed testing methods can identify interference of chemical substances with four important endocrine pathways in mammals and fish known to be...

Countdown To REACH — Complying With Document Delivery Challenges Malcolm Carroll, Director, Reach Delivery Get today's manufacturing business technology headlines and news - Sign up now! The countdown to the next Registration,...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has established a new scientific committee to contribute to the availability of safe biocidal products in the European markets. The Biocidal Products Committee will play an important role in...

The EU's REACH law should be strengthened to ban more endocrine-disrupting chemicals, says Sweden's Environment Minister Lena Ek. Lena Ek is Sweden's environment minister. She spoke to EurActiv's Henriette Jacobsen by...

Endocrine active substances are chemicals that can interact or interfere with normal hormonal activity; when this leads to adverse effects they are called endocrine disruptors. Following a request in 2012 from the European...

European Commission Press release Brussels, 20 March 2013 Today the European Commission lowered the fees and charges that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have to pay to register chemicals. This step should help SMEs...

Woensdag 20 maart 2013 | EFSA ] Press Release 20 March 2013 Endocrine active substances are chemicals that can interact or interfere with normal hormonal activity; when this leads to adverse effects they are called endocrine...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is looking into the safety of five cobalt salts that have applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing. The salts - cobalt sulphate, cobalt dichloride, cobalt dinitrate, cobalt carbonate and...

…..the Irish Government nor the manufacturer of the chemical will undertake the necessary toxicological testing to accurately identify its health hazards. This is why it was banned as a biocidal product by the EU, yet...

There is a lot of information on hazardous substances the Internet, but not all of it is properly validated. Finding the information you need just by carrying out a search using a search engine can be frustrating as it can be...

The European Commission’s environment department will propose changes to the 2012 regulation on biocide approvals in April. It aims to clarify and improve the legislative text after errors and inconsistencies were found by...

Countdown To REACH — Complying With Document Delivery Challenges Malcolm Carroll, Director, Reach Delivery Get today's industrial maintenance & plant operations headlines and news - Sign up now! The countdown to the next...

Which companies are putting the most hazardous chemicals on the market? The information is now publicly available in a new database called the 'SIN List' after environmental NGOs won a court case asking for greater transparency.

The IUCLID User Manual "Nanomaterials in IUCLID 5" includes instructions on how registrants can explicitly report when a nanoform has been used in (experimental) studies. It will help registrants to prepare or update...

The European Commission has concluded that the key registration process of the EU chemical control system REACH needs reform, as the second key deadline for registering chemicals looms, on 31 May, for chemicals manufactured or...

On June 1, 2007, the EU and member states of the European Economic Area imposed new regulations for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemical substances, commonly referred to as REACH. With a goal...

Malcolm Carroll, Director, Reach Delivery Get today's manufacturing headlines and news - Sign up now! The countdown to the next Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) deadline of 31st May...

Commonly-used chemicals found in every household may be having ‘serious implications’ on people’s health - according to a new report. The World Health Organisation has revealed that many synthetic chemicals - used in your home,... All similar articles: 143 »

February 21, 2013 SCHURTER has completed and passed its review of the 54 new substances added to the List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC), released by the European Chemicals Agency (EChA) in December. REACH...