New ECETOC report presents step-by-step guidance for identifying endocrine disrupting chemicals; complements EDC guidance developed by ECHA and EFSA and focuses on weight-of-evidence approach
March 27, 2017
EU Member States will evaluate 22 chemicals in 2017
ECHA adopts updated Community Rolling Action Plan for 2017-2019; 22 substances to be evaluated in 2017, of which 7 are relevant for food contact materials
March 27, 2017
ECHA extends data access
ECHA publishes data on 15,000 chemicals registered under REACH; including physical-chemical properties and toxicological data; database available for download
March 22, 2017
ECHA committees agree on restriction of 4 phthalates
ECHA’s Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis support proposal to ban endocrine disrupting phthalates DEHP, DBP, DIBP, and BBP in various articles; all 4 substances relevant for food contact materials
March 14, 2017
SIN list updated
ChemSec adds 50 new substances to SIN List; includes latest additions to REACH Candidate List as well as newly classified carcinogens, mutagens, or reprotoxicants
March 1, 2017
Toxicological data missing in REACH registration dossiers
ECHA publishes 2016 REACH evaluation progress report; compliance checks reveal lack of sufficient chemical safety data in majority of evaluated registration dossiers
February 17, 2017
ECHA verifies REACH registration dossiers
ECHA manually checks completeness of over 1,500 substance dossiers; information on data waiving, substance identity, testing proposals, and chemical safety reports need improvement
February 17, 2017
Four phthalates recognized as hormone disrupting for humans
EU REACH Committee classifies DEHP, DBP, BBP, and DIBP as substances of very high concern due to their endocrine disrupting effects in humans
January 30, 2017
ECHA selects 162 substances for examination
ECHA screening shortlists 162 potentially hazardous substances for further scrutiny by EU Member States; list not publicly available
January 19, 2017
Member States discuss EDC criteria
DG SANTE publishes latest meeting minutes on revised EDC criteria, summarizes different concerns raised by EU Member States
