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New obligation to indicate non-EU companies in the list of biocidal active substances and suppliers [EU]

In a press release issued on 18 August 2014, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced that, following an agreement with the European Commission (EC), the company names of non-EU entities…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
  • #REACH
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OSHA releases fact sheet on protecting workers during a pandemic [US]

The Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) has released a fact sheet on protecting workers during a pandemic. OSHA describes a pandemic as a global disease outbreak that can be…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #Health & Safety
  • #OSHA
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Draft law to modify the law regulating road tolls for trucks from 2016 [DE]

A press release of the Bundestag issued on 2 September 2014 notifies a draft law of the Federal Government dated 1 September 2014 (document number 18/2444), aiming to modify the…

  • Air, Soil, Water
  • Environment
  • Transport
  • #Emissions
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OSHA and NIOSH publish recommended practices to protect temporary workers [US]

On August 25, 2014 the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) jointly released Recommended Practices to protect temporary workers. These…

  • Occupational hazards
  • Risk and Health
  • #OSHA
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REACH: new test methods for the determination of toxicity [EU]

Regulation (EU) No 900/2014 of 15 July 2014 amends, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, Regulation (EC) No 440/2008 laying down test methods pursuant to Regulation (EC)…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
  • #European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
  • #REACH
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Chemical Safety Board Chairperson warns about hot work on tanks containing biological or organic material [US]

On August 26, 2014 the Chemical Safety Board’s (CSB) Chairperson, Doctor Rafael Moure-Eraso, warned about the danger of hot work on tanks containing biological or organic material. Hot work dangers…

  • Health and Working Conditions
  • Risk and Health
  • #Gas
  • #Health & Safety
  • #Products
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Canada: Nova Scotia moves to ban fracking

The province of Nova Scotia announced its plans to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, this fall. The moratorium is not permanent but a timetable for the ban was not announced.…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
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[INTL] UNECE Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment is now open to all Member States of the UN

In a press release issued on 27 August 2014, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced that, through the entry into force on 26 August 2014 of its…

  • Environment
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Australia group abandons plan to dump millions of cubic meters of dredged sand into the Great Barrier Reef.

 A consortium of companies that had received authorization to dump millions of cubic meters of dredged sand into the Great Barrier Reef has announced plans to propose an alternative dumping…

  • Environment
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Plant protection products: approval of three new substances and amendments to the conditions of approval of two substances [EU]

Regulations (EU) No 916/2014 and (EU) No 917/2014 of 22 August 2014 and Regulation (EU) No 922/2014 of 25 August 2014 approve for use in plant protection products, with effect…

  • Chemical Products
  • Risk and Health
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