by Hannane Haddouch | Mar 20, 2025
Public consultation to 18th March 2025 on tighter regulation of the POP brominated FRs, PBDEs, in recycled materials. DecBDE and other PBDE brominated flame retardants (tetra- to hepta-) are listed as POPs (persistent organic pollutants) under the global Stockholm...
by Hannane Haddouch | Mar 20, 2025
The new UK Government has confirmed it will rewrite the UK 1988 Furniture Fire Safety Regulations to modernise safety. The Government reaffirms that the Regulations have contributed significantly to protecting the public but need updating, in particular to enable...
by Hannane Haddouch | Feb 18, 2025
Open to 13th April, public consultation on proposed Canada ban on medium and long-chain chlorinated alkanes (MCCAs, LCCAs). Information is also requested on MCCAs and short-chain chlorinated alkanes (SCCAs). These halogenated chemicals are used in various...
by Hannane Haddouch | Feb 18, 2025
Open to 26th March 2025, public consultation on revised risk characterisation and risk management scope for Melamine. The updated risk characterisation document proposes to identify melamine as harmful to human health but not to the environment, considering that...
by Hannane Haddouch | Feb 18, 2025
Through data and comparative illustrations, study of European chemical industry makes clear that the time to act is now. The joint Cefic – Advancy competitiveness study shows that the European chemical industry is at a breaking point, going through a period of...
