ChemRegs Newsletter – February 2019 Substances of Very High (or National) Concern [The content of this article contains public sector information from the Commons Select Committee licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0] The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the impact of toxic chemicals in everyday life on human health and the environment. The inquiry will focus on … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – January 2019 New Guidance for Pollution Prevention published As you may (or may not) be aware, the Environment Agency (EA) no longer provides ‘good practice’ guidance and has removed this from its guidance documents. This came about as a result of Defra’s Smarter Environmental Regulation review (as part of the Red Tape Challenge) and meant that the Pollution Prevention … Read More

ChemRegs Newsletter – December 2018 14th ATP to CLP The European Commission (EC) is has opened a consultation on the 14th adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of the CLP Regulation. The purpose of this draft Regulation is to amend table 3 to Annex VI of the CLP Regulation by introducing new or revised entries for the harmonised classification and labelling … Read More