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Restriction of hazardous substances in tattoo inks
15-Mar-2019
ECHA’s Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) adopted its final opinion supporting the proposal by Denmark, Italy, Norway and ECHA to restrict the placing on the market of tattoo inks and permanent make-up. Substances within the scope of the restriction include carcinogenic, mutagenic and ...
ECETOC Task Force provides new insights
Toxicity testing of microparticles and poorly soluble liquids in the water environment
15-Jan-2019
A Task Force set up by the European Centre for Ecotoxicology and Toxicology of Chemicals (ECETOC) has provided new insights into scientific testing for the impact of undissolved particles in the aquatic environment. ECETOC launched the Task Force in response to increasing concerns among the ...
Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry from now on 'Royal'
26-Jun-2018
During the anniversary celebration to mark the 100th anniversary of the Association of the Dutch Chemical Industry in The Hague, the VNCI was awarded the predicate 'Royal ('Koninklijk)'. VNCI chairman Bernard Wientjes and director Colette Alma received the designation from the King's Commissioner ...
AkzoNobel joins partnership to explore opportunities for green hydrogen and 'electrofuels' in Sweden
22-Mar-2018
AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is partnering with three groups in Sweden to explore the opportunities for producing green hydrogen and 'electrofuels' using renewable electricity. The partners are RISE Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), forestry group Södra and packaging materials company ...
Greater oversight of precursor chemicals at retail level needed to reduce threat from IEDs
16-Nov-2017
Policymakers' efforts to reduce threats from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) should include greater oversight of precursor chemicals sold at the retail level - especially over the Internet - that terrorists, violent extremists, or criminals use to make homemade explosives, says a new report ...
REACH inspectors find that not all companies are complying with authorisation requirements
23-Jun-2017
Inspectors in 17 European countries have checked compliance with the authorisation obligations under REACH for the use and placing on the market of 13 substances of very high concern with sunset dates in 2015. Inspections in companies that used or placed the substances on the market showed a rate ...
MSC unanimously agrees that Bisphenol A is an endocrine disruptor
19-Jun-2017
The Member State Committee (MSC) supported the French proposal to additionally identify Bisphenol A as a substance of very high concern because of its endocrine disrupting properties which cause probable serious effects to human health. The committee also agreed to identify the substance PFHxS as ...
Americans use more clean energy in 2016
12-Apr-2017
Americans used more renewable energy in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to the most recent energy flow charts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Overall, energy consumption was nearly flat. Each year, the Laboratory releases energy flow charts that illustrate the ...
As interest grows, Yale Carbon Charge leads the way in studying carbon pricing
30-Mar-2017
From the halls of academia to the corridors of power, there is a growing list of universities, corporations, and government officials seeking out Yale’s expertise in creating and monitoring programs to mitigate climate change. Earlier this month, officials from the Yale Carbon Charge participated ...
EFSA and BfR to work jointly on global food safety tools
09-Dec-2016
Trace-back and predictive modelling tools for use during food safety outbreaks and created by scientific teams led by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) will be further rolled out under a new funding partnership agreed between EFSA and BfR. Signed today, the framework ...
