1 July 2022 – Chemwatch

REACH Update

The EU’s ‘Restriction Roadmap’: the largest ever ban on toxic chemicals

Regulatory Update

China’s New Pollutant Control Action Plan: A Focused Plan that Could Impact the Chemical Industry Outside of China

EU strategy protects workers’ safety and health in today’s changing world of work

Check Entry of Older Vehicles in Delhi; Help Curb Pollution: Delhi to Haryana

UK developing regulatory framework for fusion

China group standard T/SZBX 077—2022 Hair Shampoo is published

Food additive or carcinogen? The growing list of chemicals banned by EU but used in US

TSCA at 6: Law ‘not yet working’, says EPA chemicals head

PFAS Update: New EPA Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four PFAS Substances

Canada Publishes Draft Framework for the Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials under CEPA

EU states reject stricter chemical rules in waste, says lead MEP

Farm to Fork: New rules to reduce the risk and use of pesticides in the EU

Janet's Corner

Biology

Hazard Alert

Tungsten

Gossip

Inhaled Toxic Particles Take Direct Route From Lungs to Brain

Canada lays out rules banning single-use plastics

Probiotics help alleviate depression, study finds

World’s most efficient passenger plane gets hydrogen powertrain

In An Unusual Step, a Top Medical Journal Weighs in on Climate Change

Electrocuted birds are sparking wildfires

Study estimates COVID vaccines saved nearly 20 million lives last year

A celebrated AI has learned a new trick: How to do chemistry

Chinese fossils show human middle ear evolved from fish gills

Appetite-suppressing molecule helps obese mice lose weight

Curiosities

New cryoprotectant chemicals could preserve organs without ice damage

Softening tough tissue in aging ovaries may help fight infertility

Rare ‘triple’ La Niña climate event looks likely — what does the future hold?

Why do cats lick and chew catnip? Researchers find an answer

Want to Live Longer? Find Out if You Snore

Study shows electric vehicles could be charged on the go via peer-to-peer system

Trojan Horse’ technology makes cancerous tumors eliminate themselves

Merino wool bandages deliver breathable, biodegradable healing

Gas might be expensive, but biogas comes with its own hidden cost in methane emissions

Fusion power may run out of fuel before it even gets started

Technical

Association between urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolites and diabetes mellitus among the US population: a cross-sectional study

Triclosan and triclocarban as potential risk factors of colitis and colon cancer: Roles of gut microbiota involved

Fungicides and bees: a review of exposure and risk

Nanoplastic impacts on the foliar uptake, metabolism and phytotoxicity of phthalate esters in corn (Zea mays L.) plants

Using biomonitoring as a complementary approach in BTEX exposure assessment in the general population and occupational settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Endocrine disrupting chemicals and obesity: the evolving story of obesogens

Probabilistic health risk assessment of occupational exposure to crystalline silica in an iron foundry in Urmia, Iran

Absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion and toxicity of microplastics in the human body and health implications

Structure-related endocrine-disrupting potential of environmental transformation products of benzophenone-type UV filters: A review

Ionic liquids as potentially hazardous pollutants: Evidences of their presence in the environment and recent analytical developments