Hazardous Chemicals

On 10 April 2024, the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently updated the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) to align them with international standards, incorporating changes to shipping names, hazard classes, and packaging requirements. The final rule incorporates updated versions of international hazardous materials regulations and standards by...

( Editor’s Note: 3E is expanding news coverage to provide customers with insights into topics that enable a safer, more sustainable world by protecting people, safeguarding products, and helping businesses grow. Breaking News articles keep you up-to-date with news as it's happening). With no fanfare, the U.S. Office of Information...

On 4 January 2023 Health Canada published Regulations Amending the Hazardous Products Regulations (GHS, Seventh Revised Edition) under subsection 15(1) of the Hazardous Products Act. 3E Review As anticipated, Canada has finalized its process to update the Hazardous Products Regulations in order to align them with the seventh revised edition...

China recently proposed a set of measures for the safe management of 20 hazardous chemicals. These chemicals would be designated as hazardous chemicals subject to special control and therefore subject to additional regulatory requirements concerning the production, storage, use, transport, import and export thereof. Public consultation on the proposal is...