Category: 29 April 2022

REACH Update

22 harmful chemicals added to PIC – exporters must notify from July

Consultation opens on EU Cosmetics Regulation revision, including nanomaterials definition

Regulatory Update

Canada Plastics Pact develops packaging design rules

Australia Consults on Removing A Wrongly Listed Chemical from AIIC

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance expiry dates

South Korea notified a measure related to food additives G/SPS/N/KOR/749

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance open invitation deadline

Australia Draft evaluations open for comments until 17 June 2022

Exposure to cadmium: ANSES proposes limit values to better protect consumers and workers

Call for information: chemicals that are unlikely to need further human health risk management controls – closes 17 June 2022

Projects launched to support GHS implementation in Africa

Sodium cyclamate and cyclohexylamine

Op-Ed: FDA fails to protect the public from chemicals health risks

Product bans among panel’s recommendations to rein in PFAS chemicals

Janet's Corner

Fume Hood Realities

Hazard Alert

Tartaric Acid

Gossip

Tumors partially destroyed with sound don’t come back

Engineers develop new kind of 3D printing

Uranus should be NASA’s top planetary target, influential report finds

COVID-19 breath tests could be the future of living with the virus, but this pandemic solution has a catch

Scientists build microporous MOF traps for mitigating toxic gases

Researchers stimulate blind retinas using focused ultrasound technology

Neural network can read tree heights from satellite images

Newly developed genetic risk scores could help patients, physicians make health decisions

Plant-based patties, lab-grown meat and insects: how the protein industry is innovating to meet demand

New inexpensive and nontoxic method for creating benzene rings

Curiosities

Surprising strategy would fight mutant cancer cells by making more mutations

Scientists resurrect ancient enzymes to improve photosynthesis

Astronomers discover micronovae, a new kind of stellar explosion

Could gut microbes regulate appetite and body temperature?

Global warming is speeding up ocean currents. Here’s why

Time might not exist, according to physicists and philosophers — but that’s okay

How do I improve my motivation to exercise when I really hate it? 10 science-backed tips

Anti-aging technology is coming. Here’s how you can be ready for it

An mRNA vaccine with a twist—it copies itself—protects against COVID-19

There’s more than one way to grow a baby

Technical

Assessment of Physicochemical, Microbiological and Toxicological Hazards at an Illegal Landfill in Central Poland

Toward Assessing Absolute Environmental Sustainability of Chemical Pollution

Residence in an Area with Environmental Exposure to Heavy Metals and Neurobehavioral Performance in Children 9-11 Years Old: An Explorative Study

The Exposure of Workers at a Busy Road Node to PM 2.5: Occupational Risk Characterisation and Mitigation Measures

Cognitive Functioning and Nail Salon Occupational Exposure among Vietnamese Immigrant Women in Northern California

Apoptotic p53 Gene Expression in the Regulation of Persistent Organic Pollutant (POP)-Induced Oxidative Stress in the Intertidal Crab Macrophthalmusjaponicus

Radon exposure and risk of cerebrovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis in occupational and general population studies

Environmental Co-Exposure to Potassium Perchlorate and Cd Caused Toxicity and Thyroid Endocrine Disruption in Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae ( Danio rerio)

Welder’s Anthrax: A Review of an Occupational Disease

Comprehensive interpretation of in vitro micronucleus test results for 292 chemicals: from hazard identification to risk assessment application