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REACH New guideline reduces animal testing and protects from allergies caused by chemicals: 13/10/2021; ECHA has published advice to registrants on how to reliably combine different sources of alternative data when assessing skin sensitisation of chemicals. This reduces the need to test on animals, while protecting people from allergies. The advice is based on a recent OECD guideline.

REACH CLP BPR PIC Check the Safer Chemicals Conference material: 07/10/2021; Thank you for joining our Safer Chemicals Conference on 6 October. We had a record number of more than 2 000 participants joining our online event.

CLP Glyphosate: ECHA and EFSA launch consultations: 23/09/2021; ECHA and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have started parallel consultations on the initial scientific evaluations of glyphosate. The consultations will run for 60 days and all interested parties are encouraged to contribute.