In this week's edition of the Chemical Watch news podcast, North America managing editor Terry Hyland and Europe editor Luke Buxton join global managing editor Kate Lowe to discuss recent developments.
On the agenda today is REACH authorisation and Echa executive director Bjorn Hansen’s call for clear integration of processes under REACH and occupational safety and health (OSH) legislation in a bid to solve major "inefficiencies" in the authorisation system.
But first we turn to Canada where the government has introduced a bill to modernise the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (Cepa), making a start on the first major update to the country’s toxic substances law in more than 20 years.