
From TiO2 and beyond – Consequences of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
21 Feb 2023
On November 23, 2022, the Court of Justice of the European Union rendered a judgment annulling part of Regulation 2020/217. The cancellation concerns the harmonized classification and labeling of titanium dioxide (Carc 2, H351), including the hazard statements EUH 211...

Persistence assessment according to ECETOC
10 Dec 2021
Persistence in the environment is one of the most important criteria in the regulation of organic chemicals. Besides being used for prioritising hazardous chemicals (identifying persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) and persistent, mobile, toxic (PMT) substances,...

EQUITOX is growing… Again!
26 Apr 2021
EQUITOX is pleased to welcome a new collaborator to its team since April 1, David Lejon. David is a regulatory environmental toxicologist, expert in aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, study monitoring under various regulations (REACh, pesticides, biocides, etc…)....

Authorization checks
24 Feb 2021
The 9th REACH enforcement project (REF-9) has started, and as announced, it focuses on provisions related to authorisation to strengthen worker and environmental protection. In practice, inspectors will check that the substances of very high concern (SVHC) which are...

EQUITOX is growing
10 Feb 2021
EQUITOX is pleased to welcome a new member to its team, Esther Belade. Esther is a regulatory toxicologist, expert in toxicology, Nanomaterials, REACh and CLP regulations and Fertilising products. Before joining the EQUITOX team in 2021, Esther spent 5 years in the...

Best wishes for 2021
5 Jan 2021
At the start of 2021, the entire Equitox team wishes you success in your future endeavors. You can continue to count on us as we will carry on working with the same values that have always driven us. We thank you for your close collaboration which helps us to grow and...

Board of Appeal decisions concerning vertebrate animal testing on cosmetic ingredients
1 Sep 2020
The two new decisions taken by the Board of Appeal related to vertebrate testing in Reach on ingredients exclusively used in cosmetics (several toxicity tests and a fish sexual development test), are among the most important decisions taken to date. For toxicity tests...

Cosmetopack initiates a research program on container-content interactions
10 Jul 2020
Cosmetopack initiates a research program on container-content interactions: The consortium brings together fifteen actors from the fields of cosmetics and plastics processing to define the toxicological risks related to interactions between cosmetic formulas and their...

NEW EU GROUP TO LEAD REACH REGISTRATION WORK ON POLYMERS
8 Jun 2020
The European Commission has mandated a group of experts from EU member states to lead the work to integrate certain types of polymers into the scope of REACh registration. This group (CASG-Polymers) should start its activities in June 2020 and is to advise the...

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