Chemical Substance Controls

On 30 August 2023, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) announced amendments to the Industrial Safety and Health Law (ISHL) Cabinet Order and Ministerial Order, as well as the Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Specified Chemical Substances . The amendments mandate labels and safety data sheets...

On 9 May 2023 the Vietnam Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) proposed a replacement regulation on managing toxic and precursor chemicals defined as chemical weapons. The (Draft) Government Decree on the Regulations and Guidelines for the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, Use,...

On 29 March 2023 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a preliminary regulatory determination to regulate perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS), hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) and its ammonium salt (also known as a GenX chemicals), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and mixtures of these per- and...

On 17 February 2023 Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA), the Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF), and Singapore Customs issued a letter titled “Joint Regulatory Control of Scheduled Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Chemicals." The letter informed the industry of the upcoming changes to the regulatory control of chemical weapons, which are...

On 29 September 2022 California signed AB-1817 into law, prohibiting the distribution of new textile articles that contain regulated per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). AB-2771 also was enacted to broaden the scope of PFAS prohibited in cosmetics. PFAS restrictions in both laws are effective beginning 1 January 2025. 3E Review...

Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took two separate actions in regard to inert ingredients in pesticides. On 7 September 2022 the EPA added 16 inert ingredients to the Commodity Inert Ingredients List. On 13 September 2022 the EPA proposed...

On 13 December 2017, the Japanese Government announced enforcement dates related to the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL), as amended on 7 June 2017.