by delphic-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Europe
On 28 February 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) adopted a new mandate to review the safety of UV filter ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate (EHMC) (available here). This review is part of the assessment of substances with suspected endocrine...
by delphic-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Europe
On 28 February 2024, the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS) adopted a new mandate to review the safety of preservatives biphenyl-2-ol and Sodium 2-biphenylolate (INCI o-Phenylphenol and Sodium o-Phenylphenate – OPP) (available here). This review...
by delphic-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Europe
The opinion of the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) under the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has been published (available here). The RAC opinion confirms that tea tree is going to be classed with a harmonised classification as a CMR 1B (reprotox) under the EU...
by delphic-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Europe
Lithuania’s environment ministry has proposed a draft law to better align the EU member state with trade bloc rules on chemicals managed under REACH, CLP, POPs and more. The government endorsed the draft ‘law on chemical substances and chemical mixtures’ on 14...
by delphic-admin | Mar 21, 2024 | Europe
On 20 February 2024, the EU Commission published on its Official Journal the regulation on fluorinated greenhouse gases. The F gases in scope of this regulation are listed in Annexes I-III of the regulation, which can be assessed here. The regulation contains specific...