Newsflash – BDO/GBL application deadline today – advice on the process
Some very useful information on how to go about applying for a licence via a CHCS email, copy here: CHCS email on BDO & GBL 11-02-2022.pdf And one of our readers writes: I’ve had dealings with this particular issue before! Not in a direct drugs way, but in the precursors. There are two lists effectively, […]
Newsflash: CLP Label font size problems continue
23rd November 2023 Dear Friend, Way back in January 2023, I wrote about the proposed new labels under EU-CLP (which also affects NI CLP labels, but will not affect GB-CLP labels). At the time of writing, 23rd November, we are waiting to hear the outcome of the trilogue sessions on the EU-CLP legislative act, but a serious […]
Poison Centre Notification Portal Delay Proposal
This is an update to our previous post, Poison Centre Notification Portal June 2019, which summarised Poison Centre duties for companies making or importing mixtures. In it, I referred to a rumour going round that the Poison Centre deadlines may be delayed. Yesterday, Sunday 30th June, one of my very hard-working contacts sent through a […]
What BREXIT means for CLP-GHS in the UK
Today, I want to go through the potential practical outcomes for CLP-GHS if the UK does, or doesn’t go through Brexit. There are too many people going on about politics of the situation. At the moment, Brexit, which really means the independent sovereign UK, is like a family jigsaw at Christmas: everyone’s squabbling, half the pieces […]
Mixture Safety Data Sheet problems
I don’t know about you, but we occasionally receive Safety Data Sheets which contain the same substance included twice. These are often for fragrances, which contain multiple component substances. It’s easy to see how this can happen, because the supplier has mixed two separate fragrances together to make a new fragrance, and simply placed the […]
The Titanium Dioxide proposed carcinogen classification
You may wonder why I’m writing about an individual Harmonised Classification for Titanium Dioxide which probably isn’t something you use or handle at work, although you probably do use it in your personal life in a multitude of ways, from cosmetics and sunscreens through to the paint on a white car or van. The reason […]
Watch out – “Lisbonisation” will affect some CLP Classifications
Here we are, working away at classifying, labelling, packaging and compiling Safety Data Sheets, thinking that we’re on top of how things work at ECHA, and even if Brexit does happen, it’s going to be pretty much business as usual. Or so we think….but are you aware that the Lisbon Treaty is going to affect […]
SVHCs and the Magic Chemicals Tree
This post follows on from the one last week about the four new SVHCs, which discussed technical compliance with the substances holding SVHC designation. Last week we covered these facts about SVHCs (Substances of Very High Concern): What I want to discuss in this second post is the question “Is the SVHC and Authorisation process […]
The ECHA website is like a library
The ECHA website is an awesome repository of chemical data, but a lot of people don’t seem to understand that ECHA is a library, not an encyclopaedia. What I mean by that is ECHA don’t write most of the chemical information, they simply store it and allow people to search it. They don’t perform the […]
Dint-ty the DDT Chimp
I found this handsome little chap in a vintage sale at Saltaire a few weeks ago. He caught my eye, not just because of the use of DDT in the home, but also because one of my clients rents the old Cox’s chemical site in Telford, although Dint-ty was made in Middlesex. The stall holder […]