Category: Chemical Products

Red-on-line’s legal experts will explain all the regulations on authorizations and restrictions under REACH, the classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures and storage in this blog on chemical products. We also outline issues related to phytosanitary and biocidal products.

Webinar PFAS EHS Regulations

US | WEBINAR | PFAS: An Emerging Priority for EHS Professionals

02/04/2021 Air, Soil, Water, Chemical Products, EHS Compliance, Environment, Health and Working Conditions, Industrial Facilities, Risk and Health, ROL News, US, Webinars

KSA KSA: Health conditions for workers' accommodations considering the spread of the Coronavirus In compliance with order number 47841 dated 8/12/1414, the sanitary requirements for workers' homes within the construction are renewed, to meet the current needs due to the coronavirus. The renewal of the location and construction requirements among other things has been carried out, and their immediate application is requested to preserve general health. http://back.hse-compliance.net/?p=1702&sp=2&id_text=2450060&id_text_type=1&id_theme=64917 Qatar Qatar Joins Minamata Convention on Mercury The Secretariat of the Minamata Convention on Mercury has announced on its official website that, on the 4th of November, the State of Qatar officially joined the Minamata Convention on Mercury, as a State Party, becoming member no. 125 of this convention. t should be mentioned that the Minamata Convention is an international treaty of the United Nations Environment Program. It aims at protecting human health from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. The Convention was agreed upon and signed in 2013, then entered into force on the 16th of August 2017 in Geneva. It was named after the Japanese city of Minamata, located on island of Kyushu in southern Japan, whose citizens were exposed in May 1956 to a serious contamination of the waters of Minamata Bay as a result of the release of methylmercury into the water from a Chisso Corporation factory. The incident led to mercury accumulating in fish and shellfish and transferring to food, which caused poising and death of hundreds. In addition, more than 200,000 people suffered from chronic disease for the rest of their lives. http://back.hse-compliance.net/?p=1702&sp=2&id_text=2450084&id_text_type=1&id_theme=62214 UAE UAE: New Regulations on pesticides What type of pesticides are subject to this regulation? The objective of this standard is to establish the framework of action to achieve a sustainable use of phytosanitary products by reducing the risks and effects of the use of phytosanitary products on human health and the environment, and promoting the management integrated pest and alternative approaches or techniques, such as non-chemical methods. From other hand, its come to develop of regulatory relating to the marketing, use and rational and sustainable use of plant protection products, established by the basic regulations from Federal levels. http://back.hse-compliance.net/?p=1702&sp=2&id_text=2450078&id_text_type=1&id_theme=62151

Middle East | COVID-19 and New Legal Regulations

01/04/2021 Chemical Products, COVID-19, Risk and Health

Toxic Substances

The US EPA Publishes Final Lists of Manufacturers Subject to TSCA Risk Evaluation Fees

09/25/2020 Chemical Products, Risk and Health, US

Solvent

US | EPA Announces Availability of 1-Bromopropane TSCA Risk Evaluation

08/25/2020 Chemical Products, Health and Working Conditions, Risk and Health, US

EPA EPCRA PFAS

US | EPA Adds Substances to List of Toxic Chemicals Subject to EPCRA TRI Reporting

07/16/2020 Chemical Products, Risk and Health, US

Methylene Chloride EPA

US | Methylene Chloride Risk Evaluation Completed by EPA

07/09/2020 Chemical Products, Health and Working Conditions, Industrial Facilities, Occupational hazards, Risk and Health, US

EPA TSCA Hazardous Chemicals

US | EPA Publishes 2020 Annual Plan for Chemical Risk Evaluations under TSCA

06/09/2020 Chemical Products, Environment, US

EPA TSCA Toxic Chemical Regulations

US | EPA Exempts Certain Manufacturers from Self-Identification Required by TSCA Fees Rule

04/09/2020 Chemical Products, US

COVID-19 Coronavirus Disinfectant Chemical

US | COVID-19 | EPA Relaxes Rules on Disinfectant Manufacturing

04/02/2020 Chemical Products, US

EPA TSCA Hazardous Chemicals

The US EPA Updates Toxics Release Inventory Program Reporting Requirements

12/19/2019 Chemical Products, Risk and Health, US

EPA

The US EPA Revokes Significant New Uses of Fatty Acid Amide

10/21/2019 Chemical Products, Risk and Health, US

The US EPA Proposes to Designate 20 Chemical Substances as High-Priority for Risk Evaluation

08/23/2019 Chemical Products, US