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- Environmentally friendly non-stick coating replaces PFAS on everyday products
Whether it is pans, cutlery or packaging, per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) have been used for coating in a wide variety of everyday products and processes for many years. Due to known risk... - PFAS reduce the activity of immune cells
Because they are persistant, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are also known as "chemicals for eternety". They can lead to liver damage, thyroid disorders, obesity, hormonal disorders, an...
- Updated guidance for registering substances in nanoform
Two guidance documents have been updated with advice for companies preparing registration dossiers that cover nanoforms. The documents help registrants in fulfilling new legal requirements for nano...
- 'Chemicals in our life' website informs consumers about chemicals
Are the chemicals used in tattoos safe? Will I get an allergic reaction if I dye my hair? Many consumers in Europe are concerned about the possible risks posed by chemicals in their lives - a 2016 ...
- Endocrine disruptors: major step towards protecting citizens and environment
Member States representatives voted in favour of the European Commission's proposal on scientific criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in the field of plant protection products. This is an imp...
- Alternatives to animal testing - what's new in 2016?
This year, the focus is on promoting alternative methods and approaches that are relevant for the information requirements of the 2018 registration deadline. ECHA will publish advice on using the n...
- ePIC - a new IT-tool for exporters and importers of certain hazardous chemicals
The new ePIC tool will fully replace the European Commission tool, EDEXIM, which is currently used for operations under the Prior Informed Consent Regulation (PIC). ePIC enables exporters, importer... - Candidate List updated with four new Substances of Very High Concern
The European Chemicals Agency has added cadmium chloride, a phthalate and two boron substances to the Candidate List, which now contains 155 substances. Cadmium chloride is a carcinogenic, mutag... - Candidate List for authorisation with seven new substances of very high concern (SVHCs) updated
ECHA has amended the Candidate List with seven new substances. The Candidate List now contains 151 substances. Seven new SVHCs were added to the Candidate List following either unanimous agreement ...
- REACH review supports ECHA's strategic objectives
The REACH review, published by the European Commission, reports on the regulation's effect and the recommendations to reinforce ECHA's long term strategic objectives. ECHA welcomes and looks forwar...
- Substance evaluation starts under REACH: The first list of substances published
The first Community rolling action plan (CoRAP) contains 90 substances that the Member States will evaluate under the substance evaluation process of the REACH Regulation. These substances are eval... - ECHA launches the Classification and Labelling Inventory of chemicals on the EU market
Over three million submission records covering more than 90,000 chemical substances are now freely accessible from the ECHA website. ECHA has launched the Public Classification and Labelling (C&L) ...
- A new version of the OECD eChemPortal is now online
A new version of the eChemPortal has been launched by OECD. It provides free public access to information on more than 600 000 records on chemical substances.By launching the new eChemPortal, the O...
- Toxic Substances and REACH
In June 2008, the German Advisory Council on the Environment (Sachverständigenrat für Umweltfragen, SRU) published the Environmental Report 2008: Environmental Protection in the Shadow of Climate C...