Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, November 2022
December 2, 2022 Dear Friend, Happy Friday! I hope this finds you and your family and friends safe and well. November has been busy for regulatory affairs in both the EU and UK, and it’s mainly good news, for a change! So let’s dive straight in. A good day for science – Titanium Dioxide is […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, October 2022
Dear Friend, Happy Tuesday! October has been a particularly busy month on the UK chemical regulations front, as more glitches, unintended consequences or good old fashioned mistakes come to light. So this month, we’re doing a Divergence Special. (It’s not all work-related stuff, we also have Reasons to be Cheerful, and the Weekend Recipe as […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, September 2022
Dear Friend, Happy Friday! Well, what a month September was, particularly for those of us living in the UK. Queen Elizabeth II died on the 8th, and we went into mourning until after her funeral on the 19th. It was a most extraordinary time, as we took stock of how she had served the country, […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, August 2022
August 26, 2022 Dear Friend, Happy Friday! Welcome to Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, which is a “best bits” round-up of our weekly email newsletter, also called Chemicals Coffee Time (formerly Coronavirus Chemicals Update, as it started during Lockdown as a way of supporting people in the chemical industry who suddenly found themselves working from home). Many […]
Brexit: Ongoing impacts on the label and SDS
Many thanks to Ian Stone and his team for a superb expo and series of talks. This is the presentation which TT Environmental Ltd gave (please note that the number of WTO submission changes is actually 98 not 99, unless it’s something to do with how I’ve run the analysis): Download the PDF You may […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Newsflash 15-02-2023 – Titanium Dioxide Appeal by France
Dear friend, Just wanted to let you know that France has launched an appeal on this ruling, see https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/france-continue-defen… (you will have to choice to translate this website into English if you’re using Chrome as a browser). Looks like this could be a protracted battle, although as Gabriele Scibilia of Flashpoint SRL commented “The “green wind” will […]
Annex VIII to CLP inadvertently brought into UK law – update May 2023
May 2023 update DHSC have informed CBA that Annex VIII to CLP will be removed from UK law by the end of 2023. Well done to Doug Leech of CBA who has been very active in reminding DHSC about this issue and has finally got the answer industry wanted for GB. In the meantime, HSE will […]
Breaking news – Annex VIII to GB-CLP, 2nd February 2022
Dear Friend, I’ve just heard from a client that NPIS staff have been told earlier today that Annex VIII to CLP has been retained within UK law. Currently waiting for official confirmation of this, but thought you would like to know as soon as possible. If correct, this is completely contrary to what we have been led […]
Some business as usual at ECHA despite coronavirus
I hope you have had a very good break over the Easter long weekend, and are back at work safely, whether you are working from home, or on your premises. Here in the UK, parliamentary business has been slower than normal, for example the Environment Bill which will take over managing UK-REACH has been postponed […]
Coronavirus and the chemical industry’s response
After my article last week explaining how the EU’s chemical regulations are hampering industry’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, the situation has altered very quickly in the UK, EU and other parts of the world, so I thought I’d bring you up to date with the situation, as far as I am aware. The story […]