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SGS Reports on Rhode Island’s Amendments to the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024

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Baar (July 9, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 090.26, which focuses on the latest amendments to the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024 (the Act) in the US state of Rhode Island. The amendments clarify and strengthen enforcement provisions and establish conditions for exemptions. The per-

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SGS Highlights UK Updates to SVHC Candidate List for Great Britain

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Baar (July 7, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 087.26, summarizing the UK Health and Safety Executive’s (HSE) addition of 15 entries to the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs) for authorization on June 15, 2026. Suppliers of substances on the UK REACH Candidate

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SGS publishes SafeGuardS on updated PFAS Reporting Rules for Minnesota Products

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Baar (June 17, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 082.26, highlighting Minnesota’s amendments to Amara’s Law on products containing intentionally-added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The amendment clarifies manufacturing date requirements. Among measures approved in 2023, an eventual ban on the use of PFAS, which are known

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SGS Highlights EU Changes to Microplastics Rules Under REACH

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Baar (June 17, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 081.26, summarizing several derogations for microplastics under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. Entry 78 on synthetic polymer microparticles (SPMs, also known as microplastics) under Annex XVII has been amended to introduce several changes

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Japan Tightens Controls on POP Chemicals with New Class I Designations

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Baar (June 11, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 078.26, highlighting Japan’s regulation of several persistent organic pollutants (POPs) as Class I Specified Chemical Substances. POPs are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals that are increasingly subject to prohibitions and restrictions due to their harmful environmental and health

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Three POP Chemicals Prohibited in South Korea

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Baar (June 9, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 077.26, focusing on the prohibition of three persistent organic pollutant (POP) chemicals in South Korea. Notification No 2026-107 was issued by the country’s Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment (MCEE) in April 2026. It partially amended the Regulations

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New Rules Issued for PFAS in Consumer Products in New Mexico

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Baar (June 5, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 075.26, reporting on New Mexico’s Environmental Improvement Board’s (EIB) publication of the state’s final rule (permanent rule) for its Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Protection Act (PFAS Protection Act). Many chemicals from the PFAS family are harmful to human,

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SGS Summarizes EU Proposal for REACH Restriction on Partly Hydrogenated Terphenyl

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Baar (May 20, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 069.26, summarizing the EU’s proposed restriction of partly hydrogenated terphenyl (PTH) under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation. PTH is used in a range of industrial applications, including as a heat transfer fluid and

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PFAS Reporting Rule Extended by US EPA

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Baar (May 19, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 063.26, highlighting the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) third extension of its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Reporting Rule. The PFAS family of chemicals, used in many everyday products for their non-stick and water repellent characteristics, is under

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Reporting Deadline Extension for PFAS in Products for Minnesota

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Baar (May 18, 2026) – SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published SafeGuardS 061.26, summarizing the US state of Minnesota’s two-and-a-half-month extension of the reporting due date for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products. The harmful effects of many of these ‘forever chemicals’ have led to restrictions on their use

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