OECD Releases 2026 Chemical Test Guidelines: Focus on Advanced Non-Animal Assays and Ecosystem Protection
Jul-16-2026
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published its update to the OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals for 2026, introducing seven new, five updated, and six corrected...
Read MoreMinamata COP-6 Advances Global Mercury Phase-Outs, Including Dental Amalgam
The sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-6) concluded in Geneva on 7 November 2025, with over 1,000 in-person participants and nearly 4,000...
Read MoreOECD Issues Best Practice Guide on Chemical Data Sharing Between Companies
Oct-06-2025
On 25 September 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released its Best Practice Guide on Chemical Data Sharing Between Companies. The guide aims to help organisations share chemical...
Read MoreUN publishes 24th Revised Edition of the UN Orange Book
Sep-16-2025
Update: On 15 September 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the twenty-fourth revised edition of the UN Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods (UN Orange Book Rev....
Read MoreUNECE publishes 11th Revised Edition of GHS
Sep-15-2025
Update: On 12 September 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) published the eleventh revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS Rev. 11)...
Read MoreUN Announces Amendments for the 24th Revised Edition of the UN Model Regulations
Jul-18-2025
On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Model Regulations on the Transport of Dangerous Goods. These amendments to the twenty-third revised edition...
Read MoreUNECE Announces Updates for the 11th Revised Edition of GHS
Jul-18-2025
On 16 July 2025, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) announced amendments to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The amendments to the tenth...
Read MoreOECD Publishes New and Revised Test Guidelines for Chemical Safety Assessment
Jun-30-2025
On 25 June 2025, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) published 56 new, updated, and corrected Test Guidelines for the testing of chemicals. These guidelines, available in both English...
Read MoreCOP-12 Expands Stockholm Convention Annex A to Include Chlorpyrifos, MCCPs, and LC-PFCAs; UV-328 Exemptions Revised
May-27-2025
At the 2025 Conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions, held from April 28 to May 9 in Geneva, significant strides were made in global chemical...
Read MoreUN Negotiations on Plastic Pollution Progress Slowly Amid Calls for Faster Action and Stronger Mandates
In March 2022, the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopted Resolution 5/14, calling for the development of an international legally binding instrument to combat plastic pollution, including in the marine environment....
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