Category: 2 December 2022

REACH Update

Efficacy guidance now updated

European nanomaterial market expected to grow

Commission decisions on applications for authorisation

Regulatory Update

State PFAS Notification Rules Present Complex Compliance Issues for Companies

PFAS Rule to Cost Many Millions More, EPA Analysis Finds

Malaysia Allows Active Ingredients Claimed on the Label of Health Supplements to Be ‘Quantified by Input’

Safety of Triclocarban and Triclosan as substances with potential endocrine disrupting properties in cosmetic products

Australia Unveils the Import Requirements of Retorted Food

Is the Euro 7 proposal good or bad after all? — Yes.

Revised Veterinary Labelling Code published

School supplies: the great vagueness of chemical substances

Exclusive lab tests show toxic ‘forever’ chemicals in America’s tap water

GB Article 95 List — Biocides suppliers must take action by 31 December 2022

Why America’s food-security crisis is a water-security crisis, too

Recycling Our Cities, One Building at a Time

EPA Announces the Release of Its Endangered Species Act Workplan Update

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Gossip

Considered Impossible — New Study of 5 Million People Reveals Genetic Links to Height

New Durable and Inexpensive Catalyst Reduces Carbon Footprint

NIH study casts doubts on heart benefits of “good” cholesterol

Global timekeepers vote to scrap leap second by 2035

Decades of air pollution undermine the immune system, lymph nodes study finds

Artemis 1 is off — and we’re a step closer to using Moon dirt for construction in space

Research shows link between climate change and infectious diseases

Self-assembled nanoscale architectures could feature improved electronic, optical, and mechanical properties

Vaccine Breakthrough Could Finally Bring COVID to Its Knees

FDA gives green light to first lab-grown chicken product in US

Curiosities

Vapes, e-cigarettes linked to higher risk of tooth decay and cavities, study finds

What Makes This Creature Nearly Invincible? Biologists Have Gained New Insight

CRISPR is so popular even viruses may use it

Increasing Levels of CO2 Results in Less Nutritious Crops

Women beware! The lipsticks you wear are cocktails of harmful chemicals that can even cause cancer

Not Science Fiction: Paralyzed People Can Navigate Using Mind-Controlled Wheelchairs

Evidence grows that soggy meteorites gave earth its oceans

More Successful Than Ketamine — A Shocking Depression Treatment

AI learns the art of Diplomacy

JWST finds sulphur dioxide for the first time on an exoplanet

Technical

Role of chemical exposure in the incidence of vitiligo: a case-control study in Tunisia

Toxic Metals in Particulate Matter and Health Risks in an E-Waste Dismantling Park and Its Surrounding Areas: Analysis of Three PM Size Groups

[Characteristics and Health Risk Assessment of BTESX in the Northern Suburbs of Nanjing]

Potential Health Risks of Zn, Fe, and Pb in Medical Skin Creams and Cosmetic Products Derived from Plants in Iraq

EI/IOT of PFCs: Environmental impacts/interactions, occurrences, and toxicities of perfluorochemicals

Toxicity determination, pollution source delineation, and microbial diversity evaluation of PAHs-contaminated sediments for an urban river

Toxicokinetics of silver element following inhalation of silver nitrate in rats

Bioaccumulation and toxicity of terbuthylazine in earthworms (Eisenia fetida)

Investigating the synergistic role of heavy metals in Arsenic-induced skin lesions in West Bengal, India

Cytotoxic effects of crystalline silica in form of micro and nanoparticles on the human lung cell line A549