Category: 9 December 2022

REACH Update

ECHA has launched public consultation on MCCP restriction proposal

SCIP database now open to submissions from EEA countries

Regulatory Update

Spirit drinks: EU reference methods of analysis for ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin

Inquiry into food security commences

Reminder – upcoming GB active substance renewal submission deadlines

New! AICIS risk-management recommendations register

EUON list of Nanomaterials Currently on the EU Market updated

China Adopts Yellow River Protection Law

Re‐evaluation of neohesperidine dihydrochalcone (E 959) as a food additive

Version 2.0 of the Categorisation Guide released (November 2022)

EPA skips stricter aircraft pollution regs

SEC Reporting Rules Are Year’s Biggest Climate Finance Hurdle

Assuring that evolving air standards are met

Janet's Corner

Health and Safety

Hazard Alert

1,1,2-Trichloroethane

Gossip

Major obesity advance takes out targeted fat depots anywhere in the body

Mother loses peripheral vision from apparent exposure to mercury in beauty creams. Toxic levels in her home put family at risk, say experts

“Nanopillared” material removes microplastics from water via magnetism

New CRISPR gene-editing system can “drag-and-drop” DNA in bulk

Researchers discover new form of antimicrobial resistance

Cambridge Scientists Detect Signs of Dementia Nine Years Ahead of Diagnosis

Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds

Disease-resistant super corals can save vulnerable reefs

Demonstrating the micro power of hydrogen

Second death linked to potential antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease

Curiosities

Future vehicles could swim like gelatinous sea creatures

Experimental “smart” bandage speeds healing by zapping chronic wounds

Plastic pollution: Three problems that a global treaty could solve

What octopus and human brains have in common

The Laws of Thermodynamics Will Not Bend for Landfills

Floodwaters essential for ecosystem rejuvenation say experts

Groundbreaking New Technology Allows People To Listen to Music Through Touch

Where did the PFAS in your blood come from? These computer models offer clues

Revolutionary photocatalyst is huge news for green hydrogen and ammonia

New Banana-Derived Therapy Is Effective Against All Known Coronaviruses and Flu Strains

Technical

Impact of textile dyes on health and ecosystem: a review of structure, causes, and potential solutions

Characteristics and determinants of personal exposure to typical air pollutants: A pilot study in Beijing and Baoding, China

Time and dose-dependent impairment of liver metabolism in Gasterosteus aculeatus following exposure to diclofenac (DCF) highlighted by LC-HRMS untargeted metabolomics

Prediction of time in industrial chemical accidents: A survival analysis

Toxicity assessment of hexafluoropropylene oxide-dimer acid on morphology, heart physiology, and gene expression during zebrafish (Danio rerio) development

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ occupational exposure to inhalational anesthetic agents: a survey of anesthetic gas safety

Acute toxicity and risk assessment of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) in tropical cladocerans Moina micrura

Identifying unusual human exposures to pesticides: Qilu Lake Basin as an overlooked source

Pesticide contamination in agro-ecosystems: toxicity, impacts, and bio-based management strategies

Occurrence, sources and risk of heavy metals in soil from a typical antimony mining area in Guizhou Province, China