January 2020

On 16 January 2020 the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) added four new Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to the REACH Candidate List for Authorization. This brings the list to 205 SVHC substances. The four newly added substances are as follows: Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and its salts Equivalent level...

On 14 January 2020 California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced that an amendment to the responsibility to provide a consumer product exposure warning under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (the Act or Proposition 65) was approved by the state’s Office of Administrative...

On 17 December 2019 the U.S. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), published a request for comments and feedback on draft instructions for validation of refining processes concerning the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS). Comments are due by 16 January 2020. Verisk...

On 9 December 2019 the Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, signed into law Senate Bill S4389B An Act to Amend the Environmental Conservation Law, in Relation to Prohibiting Household Cleansing Products, Cosmetic Products and Personal Care Products that Contain 1,4-Dioxane . The ban will be in full effect starting...