Chemical Watch Newshttp://chemicalwatch.com/newsLatest news from Chemical WatchThu, 02 Sep 2010 04:31 GMT180SaturdaySundayUS state agencies adopt TSCA reform resolutionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4813?rss=newsWed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00 GMTStates call for data-sharing and better coordinationCanada proposes action against decaBDE and HBCDhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4816?rss=newsWed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00 GMTIndustry disagrees with decaBDE debromination conclusionUK government advisory body issues guide to substitutionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4815?rss=newsWed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00 GMTA guide to chemcials substitution has been published by the UK Chemicals Stakeholder Forum, a body which advises the government Department for Environment, Food...ECHA calls for test information for two substanceshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4814?rss=newsWed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has called for specific test information for two substances, 1,6-bis((dibenzylthiocarbamoyl)disulfanyl)hexane and...EU group launches project to build substitution portalhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4808?rss=newsTue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTChemSec, Istas, Grontmij/Carl Bro and Kooperationsstelle Hamburg behind web-based databaseDanish groups find suppliers fail to meet Article 33 obligationhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4809?rss=newsTue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Danish Consumer Council (DCC) and the Information Centre for Environment and Health (IMS) say that stores and producers have been unable to fulfil their...ECHA consults on 11 nominations for Candidate List SVHCshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4807?rss=newsMon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is inviting comments by 14 October on the hazardous properties of the latest batch of 'substances of very high concern"...Swedish study finds high PBDD/F levels in TVhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4802?rss=newsFri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTHigh levels of brominated dioxin and furan compounds found in TV casingCanada to classify BPA as toxichttp://chemicalwatch.com/4805?rss=newsFri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTDecision paves way for further restrictionsAmended POPs treaty enters into forcehttp://chemicalwatch.com/4806?rss=newsFri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTRevisions agreed last year to the UN Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) came into force yesterday. The changes added nine substances...US trade body questions EPA focus on benzidine dyeshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4801?rss=newsThu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTGroup argues that benzidine dyes no longer produced or used in significant amountsSweden considers ban on bisphenol A in baby bottleshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4798?rss=newsThu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Swedish government has asked the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) and National Food Administration to propose how a national ban on bisphenol A in baby...Sweden prepares strategy to address risks of chemicals in productshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4799?rss=newsThu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) has been commissioned to prepare an enforcement strategy for managing the environmental and health risks posed by chemicals...EU Regulations published to update EU POPs Regulationhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4796?rss=newsWed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTTwo EU Regulations have been published in the EU Official Journal which update the 2004 EU Regulation on persistent organic pollutants. Regulation 756/2010...ECHA says NONS REACH registration updates should include analytical and spectral datahttp://chemicalwatch.com/4795?rss=newsWed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has asked companies which notified substances under the EU dangerous substances Directive to include in any updated...NGOs voice support for EPA's proposed chemical reporting changeshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4797?rss=newsWed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTA group of 26 environmental, health and labour organisations have submitted detailed comments backing the proposed new requirements for chemical reporting...ECHA announces second REACH-IT dossiers webinarhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4794?rss=newsWed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is to hold a free webinar on 8 September on the preparation of REACH-IT registration dossiers.ECHA announces three new proposals for harmonised classification.http://chemicalwatch.com/4782?rss=newsTue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced that three new substances have been submitted for public consultation for harmonised classification and...Cefic recommends early REACH dossier submissionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4778?rss=newsMon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has recommended that companies submit at least one REACH registration dossier as soon as possible, well ahead of...Cefic publishes first authorisation-restriction newsletterhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4779?rss=newsMon, 23 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published the first edition of its REACH Authorisation-Restriction newsletter presenting the main documents,...Law firm issues REACH intermediates opinionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4776?rss=newsFri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTField Fisher says ECHA may have overstepped its remitCefic issues paper to answer intermediate registration questionshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4775?rss=newsFri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has prepared a paper aiming to clarify various questions relating to the joint submission of REACH registration...ECHA releases use descriptor Fact Sheet in 22 languageshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4774?rss=newsFri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published the Guidance Fact Sheet on the REACH use descriptor system in 22 EU languages.US EPA launches latest chemical action planshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4760?rss=newsThu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTAgency tackles benzidine dyes, HBCD and nonyl phenolsNorway to push for HBCD to be added to POPs conventionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4768?rss=newsThu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Norwegian Climate and Pollution Control Directorate (Klif) has announced that in October it will push for international agreement to add the brominated...Canada issues orders for three Batch 8 substanceshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4769?rss=newsThu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Canadian government has published orders in Canada Gazette to apply Significant New Activity provisions under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act to...US OSHA seeks input on chemicals of concern needing actionhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4759?rss=newsWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTIn the US, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has set up an online form for stakeholders to identify hazardous chemicals they believe are...California releases draft document specifying hazard traits and toxic end-pointshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4756?rss=newsWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00 GMT* The public workshop scheduled for 23 August will now be webcast* In California, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has released a...US chemicals group comments on Canadian biomonitoring datahttp://chemicalwatch.com/4757?rss=newsWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe American Chemistry Council (ACC) has commented on the release of biomonitoring data in the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), saying the report...European Commission publishes decisions on pesticide authorisationshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4755?rss=newsWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Commission has published in the Official Journal three decisions recently made relating to the plant protection marketing Directive and dates until...Canada issues draft screening assessments for 20 petroleum substanceshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4758?rss=newsWed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Canadian government has published draft screening assessments of 20 substances from Stream 1 of the Petroleum Sector Stream Approach (PSSA) in Canada...Canada releases first broad biomonitoring reporthttp://chemicalwatch.com/4751?rss=newsTue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTHealth Canada analyses for 91 environmental chemicalsGerman groups call for ban on neonicotinoid pesticides to save beeshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4752?rss=newsTue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTFriends of the Earth Germany (BUND) and the German Association of Professional Bee Keepers, DBlB, have called for a ban of the pesticide clothianidin and...Cefic outlines various types of data sharing and letters of access for REACHhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4753?rss=newsTue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published an overview of various models relating to consortia, data ownership and letters of access. The...OECD publishes guidance on screening assay for (anti)androgenic propertieshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4746?rss=newsMon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe OECD has published guidance on the Weanling Hershberger bioassay in rats: a short term screening assay for (anti)androgenic properties. The guidance was...European Commissioners confident in ECHAhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4745?rss=newsFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTREACH registration deadline will not be postponedEPA proposes changes to chemical reportinghttp://chemicalwatch.com/4741?rss=newsFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTAgency wants more frequent, less confidential electronic reportingECHA details confidentiality options for C&L inventoryhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4743?rss=newsFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has detailed when and how companies can claim confidentiality of a substance‚s IUPAC name in the classification and...EU publishes scientific opinions on migration limits and diantimony risks in toyshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4744?rss=newsFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Europrean Commission has published the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks' (SCHER) Evaluation of the Migration Limits for Chemical...German risk institute publishes SVHC criteriahttp://chemicalwatch.com/4742?rss=newsFri, 13 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Germany has published the criteria it will use to identify substances of very high concern (SVHCs). BfR works...Cefic advises companies to get familiar with registration process nowhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4739?rss=newsThu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has issued a statement strongly recommending that companies urgently go through the REACH dossier submission...US EPA updates summary for 1,4-dioxanehttp://chemicalwatch.com/4740?rss=newsThu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted an updated summary of a number of health effects for 1,4-dioxane and a new toxicological review on its...Commission adds N,N-diethyl- meta-toluamide to Annex I of biocides Directivehttp://chemicalwatch.com/4738?rss=newsThu, 12 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Commission has published in the Official Journal its decision to add N,N-diethyl- meta-toluamide to Annex I of the biocides Directive.ECHA to offer aid to struggling registrantshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4737?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTDeadline remains as agency develops procedures for incomplete dossiersOECD adds US EPA chemicals data resource to eChemPortalhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4734?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe OECD has announced that the US Environmental Protection Agency's Aggregated Computational Toxicology Resource (ACToR) has been added to its global portal of...Danish government consults on stricter pesticide use ruleshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4733?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Danish Environment Ministry has begun a public consultation on changes to the country‚s Chemicals Act which would see greater control on the use of...New version of IUCLID resolves compatibility problemshttp://chemicalwatch.com/4731?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Commission has announced that the compatibility problem linked to IUCLID 5.2.1 has been resolved with the introduction of version 5.2.2 (CW 28 July...Commission adds dazomet to Annex I of biocides Directivehttp://chemicalwatch.com/4732?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe European Commission decision to include the active substance dazomet in Annex I of the biocidal products Directive has been published in the Official...Norwegian agency publishes study of nanotechnology products on the markethttp://chemicalwatch.com/4735?rss=newsWed, 11 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe Norwegian Climate and Pollution Agency (Klif) has published a study of nanotechnology products available on the market in Norway.EPA reopens consultation on multi-walled carbon nanotube proposalhttp://chemicalwatch.com/4727?rss=newsTue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00 GMTThe US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reopened the public comment period on a proposed rule issued in February this year regarding Significant New...