The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Customs recently published a joint notice containing measures to regulate the import and export of highly restricted toxic chemicals. The notice came into effect on 16 October, together with an update...
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), in collaboration with the National Administration of Disease Prevention and Control, is seeking public comments on the List of Toxic and Hazardous Water Pollutants (Second Batch). This is in accordance with the requirements...
Agency to remove phosphoric acid from the Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act's (EPCRA) list of toxic chemicals. Impact of chemicals on the environment; Issuance of EPA of a final rule implementing the court's ruling; Accounts on the enactment of EPCRA.EBSCO...
On April 25, 2023, South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) published a public consultation updating the toxic substances list (Notice No. 2023-26). This Notice shall enter into force three months after its publication. In accordance with the Act on the Registration and...
On June 27, 2024, ECHA’s Member State Committee (MSC) confirmed the addition of one hazardous chemical to SVHC. The list now contains 241 entries, some of which are groups of chemicals so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.
NFPA 37 Standard for the Ins tallation and Use of Stationary Combustion Engines and Gas Turbines NFPA 40 Standard for the Storage and Handling of Cellulose Nitrate Film NFPA 42 Code for the Storage of Pyroxylin Plastic NFPA 45 Standard on Fire Protection for Laboratories Using Chemicals NFPA 46 ...
2. Toxic gases: such as carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, and chlorine. 3. Explosive or suffocating, combustion-supporting gas: such as compressed oxygen, nitrogen, helium, neon, aerosol, etc. 7 Flammable liquids Such as gasoline, perfume, diesel, kerosene, tung oil, acetone, ether, paint, lac...
aThe current TRI toxic chemical list contains 594 individually-listed chemicals and 30 chemical categories (including three categories containing 62 specifically-listed chemicals). If the members of the three delimited categories are counted as separate chemicals, the TRI Program covers 683 chemicals and...
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) published an amendment to the Toxic-Free Kids Act in December 2024, expanding the list of High Priority Chemicals of Concern for Children's Health (HPCCCH) from 73 to 83 substances, which became effective on 1 January 2025. This applies to the biennial notif...
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