Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, February 2023
March 8, 2023 Dear Friend, Welcome to the compilation from the February 2023 issues of Chemicals Coffee Time, our weekly email newsletter (with a little bit from March as well). We’re finding a lot of issues with Biocides here in the UK following Brexit, so it’s this month’s theme, but we’ve also got some news […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, January 2023
January 30, 2023 Dear Friend, Welcome to the compilation from the January 2023 issues of Chemicals Coffee Time. You may remember that the EU’s proposals for CLP labelling were announced in late December, just in time to be forgotten over the Christmas period, but as we’ve gone into the requirements in detail, we’ve realised that […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, December 2022
January 6, 2023 Dear Friend, Happy New Year! This is our round-up of the December issues of Chemicals Coffee Time. The big news is that there is (yet another) consultation on the EU-CLP changes proposed under the Von Der Leyen European Commission as part of the “Green Deal”. EU-CLP proposed changes There are two parts […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, November 2022
December 2, 2022 Dear Friend, Happy Friday! I hope this finds you and your family and friends safe and well. November has been busy for regulatory affairs in both the EU and UK, and it’s mainly good news, for a change! So let’s dive straight in. A good day for science – Titanium Dioxide is […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, October 2022
Dear Friend, Happy Tuesday! October has been a particularly busy month on the UK chemical regulations front, as more glitches, unintended consequences or good old fashioned mistakes come to light. So this month, we’re doing a Divergence Special. (It’s not all work-related stuff, we also have Reasons to be Cheerful, and the Weekend Recipe as […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, September 2022
Dear Friend, Happy Friday! Well, what a month September was, particularly for those of us living in the UK. Queen Elizabeth II died on the 8th, and we went into mourning until after her funeral on the 19th. It was a most extraordinary time, as we took stock of how she had served the country, […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, August 2022
August 26, 2022 Dear Friend, Happy Friday! Welcome to Chemicals Coffee Time Monthly, which is a “best bits” round-up of our weekly email newsletter, also called Chemicals Coffee Time (formerly Coronavirus Chemicals Update, as it started during Lockdown as a way of supporting people in the chemical industry who suddenly found themselves working from home). Many […]
Brexit: Ongoing impacts on the label and SDS
Many thanks to Ian Stone and his team for a superb expo and series of talks. This is the presentation which TT Environmental Ltd gave (please note that the number of WTO submission changes is actually 98 not 99, unless it’s something to do with how I’ve run the analysis): Download the PDF You may […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Newsflash 15-02-2023 – Titanium Dioxide Appeal by France
Dear friend, Just wanted to let you know that France has launched an appeal on this ruling, see https://www.ecologie.gouv.fr/france-continue-defen… (you will have to choice to translate this website into English if you’re using Chrome as a browser). Looks like this could be a protracted battle, although as Gabriele Scibilia of Flashpoint SRL commented “The “green wind” will […]
Chemicals Coffee Time Newsflash 23-11-2022 – EU Titanium Dioxide Carcinogenicity Classification Annulled
Dear Friend, Very exciting news on Titanium Dioxide, which regular readers will be aware has been a situation where the science does not back up the carcinogenicity classification for powder forms, brought into law as part of the 14th ATP to CLP, EC 2020/217. This specific classification has now been overturned by the General Court of […]