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California Further Ban Bisphenols in Certain Juvenile Products
Juvenile products On September 27, 2024, the Governor of U.S. California State signed Bill SB 1266 to further ban bisphenols in certain juvenile products. In October 2011, California enacted the Bill AB 1319 to res...Read more -
SVHC Intentional Substance Added 1 Item
SVHC On October 10, 2024, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced a new SVHC substance of interest, "Reactive Brown 51". The substance was proposed by Sweden and is currently in the stage of preparing the relevant substance fil...Read more -
EU tightens restrictions on HBCDD
EU POPs On September 27, 2024, the European Commission approved and published Enabling Regulation (EU) 2024/1555, amending the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Regulation (EU) The revised restrictions on hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) in Appendix I of 2019/1021 will...Read more -
US TRI plans to add 100+PFAS
US EPA On October 2nd, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add 16 individual PFAS and 15 PFAS categories (i.e. over 100 individual PFAS) to the toxic substance release list and designate them as chemi...Read more -
EU POPs regulation adds ban Methoxychlor
EU POPs On September 27, 2024, the European Commission published revised regulations (EU) 2024/2555 and (EU) 2024/2570 to the EU POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 in its official gazette. The main content is to include the new s...Read more -
US EPA postpones PFAS reporting rules
REACH On September 20, 2024, the Official Journal of the European Union published the revised REACH Regulation (EU) 2024/2462, amending Annex XVII of the EU REACH Regulation and adding item 79 on the control requir...Read more -
What is WERCSMART registration?
WERCSMART WERCS stands for Worldwide Environmental Regulatory Compliance Solutions and is a division of Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Retailers who sell, transport, store or dispose of your products face challeng...Read more -
What are MSDS referred to as?
MSDS While regulations for Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) differ by location, their purpose remains universal: safeguarding individuals working with potentially hazardous chemicals. These readily available documents of...Read more -
FCC Radio Frequency (RF) Testing
FCC certification What is an RF Device? The FCC regulates radio frequency (RF) devices contained in electronic-electrical products that are capable of emitting radio frequency energy by radiation, conduction, or other means. These pro...Read more -
EU REACH and RoHS Compliance: What is the Difference?
RoHS Compliance The European Union has established safety regulations to protect people and the environment from the presence of hazardous materials in products placed on the EU market, two of the most prominent being REACH and RoHS. ...Read more -
What is EPA certification in the US?
US EPA registration 1、What is EPA certification? EPA stands for United States Environmental Protection Agency. Its main mission is to protect human health and the natural environment, with headquarters located in Washington. The EPA is directly led by the President and...Read more -
What is the EPR registration required in Europe?
EU REACHEU EPR In recent years, European countries have successively introduced a series of environmental protection related laws and regulations, which have raised the environmental compliance requirements for foreign trade enterp...Read more
