Industrial Chemical

MEP Publishes 2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin

Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection publishes the 2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin, summing up recent progress in environmental administration of domestic chemicals in terms of policy, legislation, chemical registration, POP and mercury control   20 June 2012 By Olivia Sun, Ph.D (Chem) Jun 6th, 2012, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has published the "2011 China Environmental Condition Bulletin". In the "Column" of the Environmental Bulletin, data of chemical management in 2011 were released:

2012-06-20

Cosmetic

Attention on the Labelling of China Cosmetics

Recently, Gansu Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision has conducted a spot inspection on 40 batches of children cosmetics (mainly used by infants under 6 years old), among which the labelling ...

2012-06-07

Industrial Chemical

ECHA 2012 CMR Report: Substances registered under REACH & Notified under CLP

From ECHA’s press release - The report "CMR substances from Annex VI of the CLP Regulation which are registered under REACH and/or notified under CLP" is a screening of the information ...

2012-06-05

Industrial Chemical

China to Update its Regulation on Road Transport of Hazardous Goods

The draft, formulated in accordance with the “Regulations of road transport in the people's republic of China “and the revised “Regulations on Control over Safety of Hazardous Chemical” (Decree ...

2012-06-04

Cosmetic

Breaking the ice: assessing risk in Chinese cosmetics

Following the publication last year of guidelines for the risk assessment of impurities in cosmetic ingredients, China is preparing similar guidelines for assessing the ingredient themselves, ...

2011-06-21