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Four New Substances Added to the Candidates List for 2020
Today, The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added four new substances to the Candidate List for the REACH regulation. ECHA has added three new substances to the Candidate List due to their toxicity to reproduction and a fourth due to a combination of other properties…
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China RoHS 2 Compliance Deadline
On May 16, 2019 the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published a joint statement on the reform of the China RoHS System known as the “Arrangement for Implementing the Conformity Assessment System of the…
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New! EU RoHS Exemptions
Read Now!Two new RoHS Exemptions Have Been Published On 5 November 5, 2019, The European Union has added exemptions, 43 for Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 44 for lead.Please see the below Annex III for additional details. This was officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union,…
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Cobalt Report Template 2.0 Now Available for Download
The Cobalt Reporting Template is a free, standardized reporting template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative to identify choke points and collect due diligence information in the cobalt supply chain. CRT 2.0 is available for download Here. For a list of currently identified Cobalt Refiners, Click Here….
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New European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)SCIP Database
Waste Framework Directive Compels Need for New SCIP Database On September 9, 2019, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published new information requirements for articles with high-interest material (SVHCs) which will be published in a forthcoming database that will be referred to as the SCIP database. …
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RoHS3 Now Effective
On March 31, 2015, the EU Commission amended the RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU by adding 4 new phthalates to the list of restricted substances in Annex II. These substances, DEHP, BBP, DBP, and DI PB will be restricted in the use of electrical and electronic equipment…
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Four New Substances Added to the REACH Candidate List
On July 16, 2019, The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added four new substances to the Candidate List for REACH regulation due to their toxicity to reproduction, endocrine disruption (#4 tert-butylphenol) and a combination of other concerns. The decisions to include these particular substances was executed in collaboration with…
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California Proposition 65 New Intention Substances
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) plans to list the following chemicals known to the State as causing cancer under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). This action is being proposed pursuant to…
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TSCA and Prioritization of Candidates
EPA Identifies 40 Chemicals to Prioritize for Risk Evaluation On March 20, 2019, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a list of 40 chemicals to initiate a prioritization process to review the chemicals currently in commerce under the TSCA. This list is issued by the Agency to…
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Trump Threatens to Impose New Tariffs on Mexico
Stay Aware & ProactiveHow Would New Tariffs on Mexico Impact You? President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to impose new tariffs on all imported Mexico goods if the country does not step up its immigration enforcement actions. Trump said in a White House statement that…