14th ATP to CLP published
The 14th ATP to CLP has finally been published, here, despite several efforts in the European Parliament to remove the controversial classification of Titanium Dioxide as a suspected carcinogen, which I have written about previously here and here. If you have been following this debate, you will be aware that the grounds for classifying Titanium […]
11 New Authorisations, February 2020
It looks like ECHA are going to be really busy in their new home. The European Commission, not content with bringing in 4 new SVHCs in January, have now moved 11 existing SVHCs into full Authorisation. These are the first new Authorisations since 2017, so it’s rather like buses – you wait for ages, and […]
CLP, GHS and REACH round-up for 2019
It’s the time of year to look back and see how far we’ve come (or not, in the case of Brexit!). I’ll start with GHS, as it’s the “parent” of CLP, and what is decided at the UN is mostly adopted into CLP in the EU in due course. GHS in 2019 GHS Revision 8 […]
CLP and Brexit: what are the possible outcomes?
After the large Conservative victory in the General Election, there are a lot of rumours swirling around in the media about when Brexit will happen, what shape it will take and so on, so I thought I’d give you the state of play for CLP, as far as I can make out. At the time […]
A quick Pre-Brexit Checklist
You will no doubt be aware of the “fluidity” of the political situation around Brexit, and I’ve given up watching the news because its too stressful, but we do all need to be prepared for Brexit. So here’s a small, non-comprehensive list on things you should be thinking about in case the UK does leave […]
Bad journalism: “Antibiotics could kill us before Climate Change…”
You may have seen this article in the Daily Telegraph on Sunday 1st September with what I think is an incredible, that is, unbelievable headline “Antibiotics could kill us before Climate Change, so why is the world failing to act?”. I was so distressed by this “paywalled” article that I signed up for a free subscription which […]
Changes to EU Safety Data Sheets in the pipeline
I don’t often discuss draft regulations, as they often alter at the last minute, and sometimes don’t get published at the intended time, or even at all, but there is a draft to Annex II of the REACH regulation, which will affect EU Safety Data Sheets which looks like it is going to go ahead. […]
12th ATP Amendments to CLP
One of my tasks is working through the 12th ATP amendments to CLP, which came out in late March, and which were published after the 13th ATP. I don’t know about you, but this is the sort of thing that makes me very confused about European legislation, as if CLP and REACH weren’t complicated enough. […]