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What is Asbestos? Asbestos is a mineral fiber that occurs in rock and soil. Where Can I Find Asbestos? Asbestos is utilised in insulation and fireproofing products due to its fibre strength and heat resistance. Asbestos has been used in many manufactured goods, including roofing… Read More »EPA proposed Ban on chrysotile Asbestos!!!!

Background: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large class of thousands of synthetic chemicals that are used throughout society. However, they are increasingly detected as environmental pollutants, and some are linked to negative effects on human health. They all contain carbon-fluorine bonds, which are… Read More »Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

Introduction: – REACH stands for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals. It entered into force on 1 June 2007. REACH is legislation that was implemented by the European Union to better the protection of human health and the environment from the risks that… Read More »REACH

Introduction The Government of India felt the need for a permanent agency to expedite the publication of standards and the development of test facilities concurrently with the preparation of standards, as the development of improved standards for safety-critical parts can only be undertaken after the… Read More »(Automotive Indian Standard) AIS 129

German Supply Chain The “Act on Corporate Due Diligence to Prevent Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains” Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, also known as the German Supply Chain Act, places extensive new requirements on businesses regarding human rights along the supply chain, or due… Read More »German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act

Introduction: – Dangerous goods are subject to transport, workplace, storage, consumer, and environment protection regulations, to prevent accidents to persons, property or the environment, to other goods or to the means of transport employed.     UN Model Dangerous Goods for Transport Labels The United… Read More »Dangerous Goods

India has released the fifth draft of the Chemical (Management and Safety) Rules (CMSR). This regulation replaces two existing rules – Manufacture, Storage, and Import of Hazardous Chemical Rules, 1989, and the Chemical Accidents (Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Response) Rules, 1996. This is akin to… Read More »Draft Chemicals (Management and Safety) Rules

On March 15, 2023, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment published two sets of draft regulations on chemicals that have been added to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The chemicals subject to the draft regulations are hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD), pentachlorophenol (PCP) and its salts… Read More »China drafts regulations on POPs

What is Digital Product Passport (DPP)? Digital Product Passports (DPP) are a way of gathering and sharing information on a product over the course of its full existence. They are used to show a product’s environmental, recyclability, and sustainability features.  In order to unlock benefits,… Read More »Digital Product Passport (DPP)

Community rolling action plan Any substance that appears on this list – Substance evaluation – CoRAP list has been or will be reviewed by a Member State in the coming years. This list is known as Community Rolling Action Plan, the list (CoRAP). Every year in… Read More »Substance evaluation – CoRAP