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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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The “Essential Use” Concept: The Commission Publishes Guiding Criteria on Limiting Most Harmful Chemicals to Essential Uses

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On 22 April 2024, the Commission published a much-awaited Communication setting out guiding criteria and principles on the “essential use” concept – a key deliverable of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. The...more

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New Zealand—First Country to Ban PFAS in Cosmetics

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Starting in 2027, the New Zealand Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cosmetic products. PFAS can be used in cosmetic products to smooth the skin or to...more

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EU Aims for Ban of PFAS. Now is the Time to Act.

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Earlier this year, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal for a ban on the production, use and placing on the market (including import) of at least 10,000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....more

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Dechert Re:Torts - Key Developments in Product Liability and Mass Torts

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PFAS Litigation Continues to Expand - In recent months, state attorneys general have filed lawsuits seeking natural resource damages for historical releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (“PFAS”) to the...more

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EU Proposes Ban on PFAS in Most Products

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The European Union (“EU”) is preparing to adopt the world’s most sweeping ban on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including with respect to the presence of the so-called “forever substances” in practically all...more

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EU broad PFAS restriction proposal published - A complex and significant process begins

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PFAS has been on European regulatory radars for some time, but 2023 looks to be a significant year for the EU’s broad PFAS restriction proposal. In January, five EU member states submitted the proposal to the European...more

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EU Proposes To Ban PFAS In Firefighting Foams

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The European Chemicals Agency has issued a proposal to ban the use of PFAS in firefighting foam in all European Union member states. The agency “concluded that an EU-wide restriction is justified as the risks posed by PFASs...more

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Researchers in Spain Publish PFAS Review Article and Risk Assessment Framework

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A group of seven researchers from Universitat Roviria i Virgili in Spain, with funding from the Center for Truth in Science, recently published an article reviewing, summarizing, and commenting on studies describing health...more

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Spotlight on PFAS and Other Substances in Cosmetics Likely to Grow in 2022

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This year – 2022 – may finally be the year that the effort to modernize safety standards in the U.S. for cosmetics and other personal care products, which has been ongoing since 2013, comes to fruition. If so, the new...more

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UK Navigates Post-Brexit Challenges in the Environmental Regulatory Landscape

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The triggering of the CCM under the UK ETS and ongoing consultations under UK Reach signal speedbumps in the transition process. On 30 November 2021, the UK government’s Department of Business, Energy and Industrial...more

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PFAS: The new asbestos?

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After years of use in manufactured products, “PFAS”, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are common in the environment. Comparatively little is known about most of them, but evidence of the harm that they can do is...more

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ECHA Begins Public Consultation on Derogation to the Exclusion Criteria for Creosote

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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has begun a public consultation on a derogation to the exclusion criteria for creosote for product type 8 (PT 8; wood preservatives). Under the European Union (EU) Biocidal Products...more

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Regulators in the United States and Europe Move to Restrict PFAS in Products and Wastes

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The Background: In recent years, the scientific and regulatory communities have paid increasing attention to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), which have been common components for decades in consumer and...more

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The European Commission’s Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – Towards a Toxic-Free Environment

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Nearly 20 years after the European Commission (the EC) set out its first strategic approach to the management of chemicals in the European Union1 (the EU), it adopted the new EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability – Towards...more

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U.S. Brands Importing Finished Goods to the European Union – Are You Ready for the January 5, 2021, Submission Deadline for SCIP?

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SCIP, of course, stands for “Substances of Concern In Articles, as such or in Complex Objects (Products)”. And, despite widespread speculation that the deadline for reporting would be extended, the anticipated deadline of...more

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European Chemicals Agency SCIP Database is launched and ready for use

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At the end of October, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched the SCIP database. When populated, the database will ensure that information on articles in the EU that contain substances of very high concern (SVHCs) is...more

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SCIP: Maintaining direct and indirect revenue streams

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Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 19 (October 1, 2020) - As the deadline for companies to submit data to the European Union’s Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products) (SCIP)...more

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Financial Daily Dose 2.18.2020 | Top Story: Apple Cuts Revenue Expectations and HSBC Axes Jobs as Coronavirus Infects Business...

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Apple announced that the coronavirus outbreak that’s brought Chinese manufacturing to a near-standstill and continues to spread around the world will affect its quarterly sales expectations.  The news makes Apple “one of the...more

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Financial Daily Dose 7.26.2019 | Top Story: In a reversal, ECB to revive stimulus measures to boost EU economy

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The European Central Bank announced on Thursday that is likely to revive the quantitative easing program aimed at “pump[ing] money into the region’s financial system,” a major reversal from just 6 months ago, when the ECB...more

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Food & Beverage Litigation Update l July 2019 #3

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LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS & STANDARDS - AGs Submit Comment to FDA on Cannabis - A group of 38 state attorneys general have submitted a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Monsanto’s (and, in turn, Bayer AG’s) terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day in court over its Roundup products’ links to cancer continued yesterday, as a jury awarded $80 million to the California man who it had already...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The US and China have scheduled two more rounds of high-level trade talks with hopes for an agreement between the economic superpowers by late April, even as China has begun to push back against some of the US’s major...more

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EU Restricts 33 Substances in Clothing-Footwear-Textiles

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By November 2021, the European Union (EU) is requiring that clothing, accessories, footwear and other textiles (such as furniture upholstery and bed linens) be essentially free of 33 “CMR” substances, including lead, cadmium,...more

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What would a no-deal Brexit look like for the UK chemicals industry?

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The UK government has recently published a technical notice to guide businesses that produce, register, import or export chemicals on what they will need to do if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 in a 'no deal' scenario...more

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Monsanto's Roundup Case: What's at Stake from a Legal and Policy Perspective

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The $289 million judgment from a California jury against Monsanto earlier this week relating to its Roundup product is significant both from a legal and a policy standpoint. From a legal perspective, the simple fact that...more

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