According to the authors of the Forum REF Project 8 Report (REF 8) published at the beginning of December, three-quarters of the products inspected that were bought online violated REACH or the CLP or Biocidal Products regulations. The ECHA made the announcement in a press release. As part of the...
According to Regulation 2019/1966 of November 27, Annexes II, III, and V of the Cosmetics Regulation No. 1223/2009 have been changed. The modification takes effect on May 1, 2020. Annex II, which lists the substances forbidden in cosmetics, now includes several carcinogenic, mutagenic, and reprotoxic (CMR) chemicals. According to Article 15 of the Cosmetics Regulation, CMR chemicals are absolutely forbidden. CMR...
The textile industry accounts for up to 10% of global environmental pollution, say researchers from Australia, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, and the United States in their article, The Environmental Price of Fast Fashion, published in the journal, “Nature Reviews Earth & Environment”, in April 2020. In their opinion, the extensive...
On November 27, the EU Commission approved EU Regulation 2019/1966, which expands and corrects Annexes II, III, and V of the EU Cosmetics Regulation (1223/2009). Among other actions, the EU included 12 carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reproductive toxicants (CMRs) to Annex II (list of substances prohibited in cosmetics) of the Cosmetics Regulation. Furthermore, the EU updated Annex III and set to limits...
The EU Commission has published a draft modification of Annex XVII of REACH and defined new threshold values for 33 carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) substances used in clothing, textiles, and footwear. When concentrations of the substances exceed the thresholds, they cannot be marketed in the EU. Sections 7, 8, and…