In January 2024, China MEE announced that China had comprehensively phased out eight types of new pollutants subject to priority management. The National Assembly of South Korea passed the proposals of revising K-REACH and K-CCA. Australia unveiled new IChEMS scheduling decisions. India amended quality control orders for PE materials. Malaysia initiated a public consultation on updating Guidelines on Storage of Hazardous Chemicals: A Guide for Safe Warehousing of Packaged Hazardous Chemicals. ECHA officially added 5 new chemicals to the Candidate List.
January of 2024 has witnessed many chemical regulatory changes in the global chemical industry. To help you keep abreast of chemical regulation updates, ChemLinked presents a monthly recap, which delivers major regulation dynamics around the globe. Find out what’s new on chemical regulation in January below:
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New pollutants refer to toxic and hazardous substances that are discharged into the environment with characteristics of biological toxicity, environmental persistence and bioaccumulation, etc. They tend to possess significant risks to the ecological environment or human health, but are usually unregulated or the existing regulation measures are insufficient. As one of the largest chemical producers in the world, it is paramount for China to strengthen the regulation of new pollutants to mitigate potential risks to the environment and human health.
