The Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) adopted their opinions on two restriction proposals on four phthalates (DEHP, DBP, DIBP and BBP) in articles and on TDFAs in sprays used by the general public. The committee also agreed on 14 draft opinions on 10 applications for...
An update to the Authorisation List of REACH (Annex XIV) has been published. 12 new substances are now subject to authorisation for being used after the sunset date. Annex XIV now contains 43 substances. Name expand / collapseEC no.CAS no. ...
On 13 June South Korea's Ministry of Environment (MoE) proposed major changes designed to ease the country's K-REACH registration process.The proposals were issued in the form of draft enforcement rules, and include amendments to Article 13 of the primary legislation.The key changes include enabling registration without submission...
Echa committee says substance is category 2 carcinogenAn Echa science committee's opinion on the carcinogenicity of titanium dioxide has made it unlikely the substance will ever be added to the REACH candidate list.Nevertheless, the opinion of the Risk Assessment Committee (Rac) has disappointed industry.France proposed...
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...
ECHA publishes a new website that gives citizens, workers and professionals access to information on nanomaterials on the EU market in 23 languages. It is the first phase of the European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON).The EUON offers a unique web-based information point with...
Echa head praises ’courage’ of member states and Commission in nominating substances for restriction or authorisationEcha executive director Geert Dancet says he agrees with NGOs that a ‘significant proportion’ of REACH registration dossiers "leave a lot to be desired" – and that responsibility for this...
ECHA’s report on the use of alternatives to animal testing shows that registrants have used alternatives for at least one endpoint in 89 % of the substances analysed. However, industry needs to improve the quality and robustness of alternative data.ECHA’s third report on the use...
Qualifying scientific literature, toxicity databases and assessment reports can be acceptable The National Institute of Environmental Research (Nier) has produced guidelines for acceptable alternative data that can be submitted in place of test reports produced by a qualified testing laboratory (GLP) or robust study summaries (RSSs).Nier...
The OECD has launched a project to create a system for interpreting data, in an effort to extend use of non-animal testing through the mutual acceptance of data (MAD) scheme.MAD can rarely be applied to non-standalone alternative test data because of complex relationships between test...