6 Aug. 2021, EU Commission has released the Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1297 of 4 August 2021 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards perfluorocarboxylic acids containing 9 to 14 carbon atoms in the chain (C9-C14 PFCAs), their salts and C9-C14 PFCA-related substances. The regulation will take effect the 20th day after its release. In Annex XVII, entry 68 is replaced by the following: 68. Linear and bran...

6 October 2017,German together with ECHA proposed to restrict the manufacturing, use, placing on the market and import of C9-C14 perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids (PFCAs), their salts and related substances.The proposal may help to protect human’s health and environment....

On 5 Oct. 2016, Canada amends the regulation of five toxic substances in Canadian Environmental Protection Act through a publication of a notification on the Canada Gazette. The amendments include the following: 1. HBCD in EPS and XPS. The amendments prohibit the manufacture, use, sale, offer for sale or import of expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) foams containing HBCD – and intermediary products that contain it – for use in a building or construc...

The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has published a report on the contribution of outdoor jackets to human and environmental exposure to per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) . The report focused on durable water repellent jack...