This edition of the Chemical Watch news podcast sees North America managing editor Terry Hyland, Asia desk editor David Macfarlane and Europe editor Luke Buxton join global managing editor Kate Lowe to discuss the latest developments in chemicals management across the globe.
The developments tackled in this edition of the podcast include European Commission plans to clarify its interpretation of whether distributors are legally obliged to notify hazardous mixtures to poison centres – a controversial subject that has thrown up issues over legal uncertainty and a lack of EU-wide harmonisation.
We’ll also be returning for an update on a subject we touched on in a previous edition of the podcast – China’s intention to waive its mandatory requirement for pre-market animal testing on imported general use cosmetics from 1 May.
But we start with the claim that has been made by a coalition of NGOs that the Trump administration interfered with the findings of the US EPA’s finalised TSCA risk evaluation for trichloroethylene.