The NanoExplore project is currently recruiting companies based in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany that manufacture or handle nanocomposites, or are concerned with ultrafine dust emissions to take part in a research study. The main goal of NanoExplore is to reduce the adverse effects derived from the exposure to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) by setting up a harmonized health surveillance system and promoting new EU policies for the safe use of ENMs.

The SbD4Nano project explores the Safe-by-Design concept which is a means to dampen human health and environmental risks, applying preventive safety measures during the design stage of a facility, process, material or product.

The EU Horizon 2020 project GRACIOUS is developing a science-based Framework, which aims to support practical application of grouping of nanomaterials and nanoforms for risk assessment

PFAS now requires Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting and the U.S. EPA finishes first High Priority risk assessment on methylene chloride.

On the 25th June 2020, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2020/878, which amends Annex II of the REACH regulation.

Yordas Group can now submit Poison Centre Notification, as per the new harmonised requirements, to the appointed bodies in EU Member States Denmark, Estonia and Germany.

Korean Ministry of Employment and Labor published a draft revision to the Standards for Classification and Labelling of Chemical Substances and Material Safety Data Sheet

The Korean Ministry of Environment (MoE ) published a list of 82 substances whose registrants are small and medium-sized enterprises that are now required to register before 2021

India is drawing up the fifth draft of its Chemical (Management and Safety) 20XX Rules (“India REACH”), which is expected to be the final draft. It will be published this year for wider industry consultation. “India REACH” is expected to be published and enforced in early 2021.

The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is consulting on updating substances under the management of the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances Control Law (PDSCL).

China’s Ministry of Ecology and the Environment published the final version of the MEE Order 12 “Measures for the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances” to replace MEP Order 7

A consolidated transitional inventory of chemicals was published on the 16th of June 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade. The inventory of chemical substances and mixtures is open for submissions from Russian companies. The inventory informs the Eurasian technical regulation on chemical products also known as “Eurasia-REACH”. EAEU member states will create their own inventories.