On 21 January 2014 the Member States, the European Commission and the European Chemicals Agency have agreed upon recommendations to harmonise the interaction between the evaluating Member State and the registrants under substance evaluation.

On 16 December 2013 the European Chemicals Agency added the following seven substances of very high concern to the Candidate List for REACH authorisation: cadmium sulphide; disodium 3,3'-[[1,1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diylbis(azo)]bis(4-aminonaph thalene-1-sulphonate) (C.I. Direct Red 28); disodium 4-amino-3-[[4'-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo][1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl]azo]-5-hydroxy-6-(phenylazo)naphthalene-2,7-disulp honate (C.I. Direct Black 38); dihexyl phthalate; imidazolidine-2-thione (2-imidazol

On 12 December 2013 the European Chemicals Agency published a fact sheet with guidance on the concept of a toll manufacturer and its responsibilities under the REACH Regulation.

As from February 2014 the European Chemicals Agency is due to provide a new service which will give industry the opportunity to compare two or more sources of biocidal active substances.

ECHA's Member State Committee discussed the prioritisation results in the preparation of the 6th ECHA draft recommendation on the candidate substances of very high concern.

By way of background, in a reference for preliminary ruling in case C-358/11 Lapin elinkeino, the Court of Justice has ruled, amongst other issues, that Articles 67 and 128 of the REACH Regulation must be interpreted as meaning that EU law harmonises the requirements relating to the manufacture, placing on the market or use of a substance such as that relating to arsenic compounds which is the subject of a restriction under Annex XVII to that regulation.

In a further step towards decarbonisation of the transport and construction sectors, JCB has recently received approval to test its world-first hydrogen-powered digger on UK...

On 5 February 2014 the European Commission published its final report on the list of restricted substances under the RoHS2 Directive which controls hazardous chemicals in electrical and electronics equipment (EEE).

The US National Toxicology Program has issued a toxicological profile for crystalline and amorphous silica, a compound linked to silicosis and lung cancer.

The European Chemicals Agency has launched a new online database called ‘SCIP', which is short for ‘Substances of Concern In articles as such or in complex objects (Products)'.

We are now in the final month before the newly-amended Clear and Reasonable Warning regulations in California's Proposition 65 (Prop 65) ...

The United Kingdom (UK) NanoSafety Group (UKNSG) has published the third edition of its guidance entitled "Working Safely with Nanomaterials in Research & Development."

On 31 January 2014 the European Commission released a "Call for information on in-situ generated biocidal active substances".

Sustainable leather replacements are becoming highly sought after. A team from Newcastle University and Northumbria University has developed a self-healing mycelium-based leather substitute...

On 21 April 2016, the first case under the Biocidal Products Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 (BPR) was pleaded before the Board of Appeal (BoA) of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).

On 23 February 2015, the European Commission released a number of so-called Practical Guides within the context of the Biocidal Products Regulation No 528/2012 (BPR).

If there is a hard Brexit on 29 March 2019, the regulation of chemicals in the UK will separate from the EU REACH regime.

ECHA's Board of Appeal issued a decision on one of its most complicated cases to date.

As the global chemical industry experiences unprecedented challenges, European manufacturers find themselves in the grip of a prolonged downturn.

Researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Newcastle have developed a simple, mechanochemical method for processing polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE)...