Technical Regulation on Bacteria-based household cleaning products

In addition to polluting marine environments, which has been widely discussed, concerns raised by intentionally added microplastics may be more relevant for the terrestrial environment and freshwater.According to ECHA’s assessment, microplastics that are added to products are more likely to be released to, and accumulate in, terrestrial and f...

A cross-country tour of dry cleaners and local laundromats isn’t most people’s dream vacation. But Diana Ceballos, a research scientist in Harvard University’s environmental health department, is always angling for a chance to peek behind the counter.An expert in the industry's occupational health hazards, Ceballos has worked...

This is the administrative rules to enforce the Act on Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety from 1 January 2019 as the Act was enacted in March 2018. Provisions about existing risk-concerned products under the Act on Registration and Evaluation, etc. of Chemical Substances, including 23 product types (e.g. detergent), are transferred to t...

Parts cleaning is critical to ensure components are ready for the next stage in the process, and MicroCare’s Mike Jones explains how to pick the right chemistries.Q. Parts cleaning is critical to ensure our components are ready for the next stage in the process, but with changing regulations and worker safety a No. 1 priority, how do we make ...

This draft Commission Regulation aims at restricting the use of climbazole as a preservative in hair lotion (0.2 %), face cream (0.2 %), rinse-off shampoo (0.5 %), foot care products (0.2 %) and as an anti-dandruff agent in rinse-off shampoo up to 2.0 %.Draft Text 1 is available for download in the following languages: Engl...