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...
Cosmetopack initiates a research program on container-content interactions
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
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...
New policy from ECHA on dossier updates during substance evaluation
From 14 April 2020, ECHA starts applying a new policy regarding dossier updates during substance evaluation. The Agency and evaluating Member States will not take dossier update into account after registrants have received a draft decision for commenting. If...
Disclosure of more information in the opinions on applications for authorisation
The quantities emitted in the environment of non-threshold substances (for example environmental endocrine disruptors, PBTs and vPvBs) and the release factors will now be published in the opinions on applications for authorisation. In case the confidentiality on the...
Completeness check of chemical safety reports postponed until October 2020
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and to help companies which may face difficulties, ECHA has postponed the manual completeness checks to chemical safety reports to October 2020. The remaining changes to the completeness check will take effect on submissions as of...
