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EPA Finalizes Rule Regulating Perchloroethylene
Perchloroethylene to be banned in all consumer and many commercial and industrial uses. A Workplace Chemical Protection Program is required for continuing use.
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China Releases Updated Product Standard for Artificial Fur Garments
China has issued an updated version of its product standard FZ/T 81009-2024 for artificial fur garments. The revised standard will become effective on July 1, 2026.
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CPSC Approves Final Rule to Implement eFiling for Certificates of Compliance
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) approved a Final Rule to implement electronic filing (eFiling) of Certificate information for regulated, imported consumer products and to revise requirements for Certificates of Compliance.
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China Releases New Product Standard for Knitted Quick-Dry Garments
China has issued a new product standard – FZ/T 73077-2024 – for knitted quick-dry garments. This new standard will become effective on January 1, 2025.
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US EPA Adopts Final Rule Regulating the Solvent Carbon Tetrachloride
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule to regulate use of the solvent carbon tetrachloride. However, it allows most continuing current uses if workplace protection requirements are met.
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US EPA Bans Trichloroethylene in All Uses
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a final rule for trichloroethylene to ban most uses within a one-year timeframe. Some industrial uses have a longer phase-out period.
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China Releases Updated Product Standard for Toweling Gowns
China has issued an updated version of its product standard – FZ/T 62017-2024 – for toweling gowns. The revised standard will become effective on July 1, 2026.
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Switzerland Revises Authorized Substance Lists for Food Contact Materials
Switzerland has amended the nation’s positive list for food contact plastics and packaging inks. These will become effective on January 1, 2025.
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Electric Heaters Added to Table 3 of the General Prohibitions Process in Canada
Health Canada has added portable electric heaters to Table 3 of the General Prohibitions process. This does not constitute a ban on all portable electric heaters.
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California to Enforce PFAS Prohibitions in Menstrual Products
California has signed into law the Take All Menstrual Product-PFAS Out Now (T.A.M.P.O.N.) Act (AB 2515), prohibiting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from menstrual products.
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