Chemical Watch News and Insight Podcast
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Podcast Short: US courts toss a TSCA Rule and halt New Mexico’s PFAS labelling (opens the original)
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This week’s Podcast Short highlights two stories that look at a pair of big rulings from US federal courts, as well as other developments from the EU and China. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently vacated the EPA’s TSCA risk management rule for methylene chloride, addressing how the agency must evaluate and regulate existing chemicals under TSCA. In a separate action, a federal district court blocked New Mexico from enforcing its upcoming PFAS labelling mandate while the case
Podcast Short: Three countries advance alignment with EU chemical laws (opens the original)
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This week’s Podcast Short looks at three countries that recently took steps to advance their alignment with EU chemical laws, as well as recent announcements from Flexsys and Lanxess about potential alternatives to 6PPD. Moldova , Serbia and Turkey recently made changes to portions of their domestic chemical laws to align with the EU, as they work to advance their candidacy to join the trade bloc. In the latest business news, the rubber chemicals company Flexsys said it has two candidate chemica
Podcast Short: US Congress extends TSCA fee authority and Canada seeks data on 200 chemicals (opens the original)
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This week’s Podcast Short looks at a provision in the recent US stopgap spending bill and the overlap of chemicals in Canada’s latest data call-in for chemicals. Topping the headlines this week is story from North America managing editor Kelly Franklin, who writes about Congress extending the EPA’s TSCA fee authority as part of the continuing resolution to keep the government funded into December, and what that extension means for possible amendments to the chemicals law. In Canada, regulators m
Podcast Short: EU REACH nears 20 and industry sweats two proposed TSCA SNURs (opens the original)
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This week’s Podcast Short looks at a feature on EU REACH and debate over potential end-of-life restrictions in a pair of proposed TSCA significant new use rules (SNURs). Topping the headlines this week is a special feature from senior correspondent Clelia Oziel, who looks at the EU REACH regulation nearly 20 years after it was adopted in late 2026 to understand why current reform efforts have stalled, and where there might be room for compromise ahead. In the US, North America managing editor Ke
Podcast Short: Washington state forecasts product restrictions and TFA scrutiny grows (opens the original)
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This week’s Podcast Short looks at our top stories from Washington state and the EU, plus other significant developments from New Mexico, Canada and more. In Washington state, the Department of Ecology has outlined what priority products are likely to see restrictions next under the Safer Products for Washington (SPW) programme. In the EU, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has cut the safe dietary exposure level for trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), signalling increasing regularly scrutiny for
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