Poison Centre Notification: the end of the transitional period for mixtures for industrial use!
Article 45 and Annex VIII of the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 (CLP) require the transmission of information on mixtures classified as hazardous based on their physical or health effects to the poison control centres in the EU Member State(s) where they are placed on the...
From TiO2 and beyond – Consequences of the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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...
