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UK POP Chemicals Legislation Revised for Great Britain

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Geneva (April 10, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 051.25, detailing revisions to the UK’s persistent organic pollutants (POP) legislation for Great Britain. POP chemicals resist degradation and persist in the environment. As toxic substances, they bioaccumulate in the food chain and present risks to human, animal […]

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GB Mandatory Classification and Labeling List for Substances and Mixtures Updated

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Geneva (March 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 043.25, highlighting the UK’s Health and Safety Executive’s revision of the Great Britain mandatory classification and labeling list (GB MCL list) for substances and mixtures. The GB MCL list identifies hazardous substances that require legal classification and labeling

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ECHA Consults Over Three Chemicals as SVHC

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Geneva (March 31, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 042.25, reporting on the European Chemical Agency’s (ECHA) consultation on the listing of three chemicals as substances of very high concern (SVHC). The SVHC list identifies chemicals that may have hazardous effects on human, animal or environmental health.

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Lead Restriction in All Consumer Products Proposed by New York State

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Geneva (March 28, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 045.25, focusing on New York State’s proposed law to regulate lead in consumer goods, unless properly labeled. Lead is responsible for severe health issues, including brain damage, developmental delays and organ failure, particularly in young children. AB 6500,

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France Issues Ban on PFAS in Consumer Products

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Geneva (March 20, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 040.25, highlighting France’s prohibition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cosmetics, textiles and ski waxes. PFAS are widely used for their water, grease and oil-resistant properties, but many have been found to cause health and environmental concerns

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Flame Retardants in Proposed Revised Specifications for EU POP Recast Regulation

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Geneva (March 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 034.25, examining the EU’s consultation on replacing unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) limits for several flame retardants. The proposals are open for comments until March 18, 2025. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a class of synthetic brominated compounds, primarily

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EU Limits Proposed for PCBs Under POP Recast Regulation

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Geneva (March 5, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 033.25, reporting on the EU’s proposals to set unintentional trace contaminant (UTC) limits for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). PCBs are a group of synthetic chemical compounds that were once commonly used for their cooling and insulation effects in industrial

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Two Persistent Chemicals Regulated in Singapore

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Geneva (March 3, 2025) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 030.25, reporting on two amendments regulating long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (LC-PFCAs) and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs) under Singapore’s Environmental Protection and Management Act (EPMA) 1999. LC-PFCAs and MCCPs are used in various industrial applications including lubricants, paints and plastics.

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2023-2024 compliance verification report published by Health Canada

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 027.25, highlighting the publication of Health Canada’s annual compliance verification report. Issued by Health Canada’s Compliance and Enforcement Division of the Consumer and Hazardous Product Safety Directorate (CHPSD) on January 31, 2025, the report provides information on the compliance and enforcement measures taken

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SGS opens its first VOC testing lab in Mexico

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SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has officially opened its first Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) testing lab in Mexico. Located in the metropolitan area of Naucalpan, State of Mexico, the lab is ideally placed to provide a comprehensive range of VOC testing services to Mexico’s globally competitive automotive sector. Around the world,

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