Chemical Notifications

http://www.chemicalnotification.com/

Here are a few relevant extracts pertaining to Chemical Notification:

• The chinese ministry of environmental protection (mep) adopted the newly amended new
chemical notification scheme ‘measures on environmental management of new chemical
substances’ .[1]
• The new chemical notification scheme applies to ‘new’ substances to be placed on the chinese
market and not those already listed on the inventory of existing chemical substances
manufactured or imported in china (iecsc) list.[2]
• The regulation is intended to compile an inventory of existing substances that have been
manufactured or imported; establish a new chemical notification program; implement and
strengthen ghs introduction and ensure consistency and compliance.[3]
• Environmental protection agency will gather to discuss the topics of new chemical notifications
and food contact notifications.[4]
• In january, the chinese ministry of environmental protection (mep) released the amended new
chemical notification scheme, measures on environmental management of new chemical
substances, otherwise known as order 7.[5]
• Intertechpira announces a call for presentations for their second annual chemical notification/food
contact world summit conference in arlington, va, usa.[6]
• National industrial chemical notification and assessment scheme (department of health and
aging, australian government).[7]
• The laws will have wide-ranging impacts by restricting the presence of hazardous chemicals in
consumer products and establishing mandatory priority chemical notification requirements.[8]
• In 1976, they created the toxic substances control act, which requires a company to submit a new
chemical notification to the epa before putting the chemical into a commercial product.[9]
• The australian government’s national institute of chemical notification and assessment scheme
(nicnas) advises that normal cooking temperatures should not release pfoa, but fumes are
released at extremely high temperature.[10]
• A 2007 national industrial chemical notification and assessment scheme (nicnas) report revealed
that over ten thousand tonnes of nanomaterials are used in commercial production in australia
each year.[11]
• In the existing regulatory system, the chemical substance control law obliges manufacturers to
notify the government about nanomaterials if they are new chemicals subject to the law, and
some notifications concerning fullerene derivatives have been submitted under the small
quantities exemption of the new chemical notification.[12]
• Australia’s national industrial chemical notification and assessment scheme, which is responsible
for the cosmetic industry, is considering new rules requiring nano-grade varieties of existing
chemicals to undergo separate safety assessments.[13]

Reference URL
1. http://blog.163.com/cissy_oci/blog/static/109430732010792582434/
2. http://blog.163.com/cissy_oci/blog/static/109430732010792582434/
3. http://www.icis.com/Articles/2010/05/31/9362538/reach-like-regulations-enacted-globally.html
4. http://www.chemicalonline.com/article.mvc/Over-80-Leading-Industry-Executives-Expected-0001?
atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a
5. http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/News/2010/April/01041001.asp
6. http://things4uweb.com/blog48/?p=129
7. http://www.nanolawreport.com/2009/12/articles/australia-considers-proposal-for-nanoregulatory-
reform/
8. http://thompsonahern.blogspot.com/2010/04/us-chemical-regulation-update-of-state.html
9. http://consciousshopper.blogspot.com/2008/10/speaking-of-not-disclosing-ingredients.html
10. http://www.taniaflack.com/component/content/article/46-blog/152.html
11. http://www.gordonmoyes.com/2008/03/26/nanotechnology-the-new-asbestos/
12. http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=2395.php
13. http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/beauty/3705671/Tiny-particles-in-skin-range-kept-secret-say-lobbyists