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Safer Chemicals Podcast — 65 episodes
Moving away from animal testing: how new methods can support chemical safety
PFAS restriction proposal: Closer look at ECHA committees' latest opinions
Biocidal Products Committee: Ethanol opinion explained
PFAS restriction proposal and new hazard classes: December committee updates
EU enforcement project: targeted checks uncovered non-compliances in imported products.
PFAS, titanium dioxide, and new tasks: September committee updates
PFAS, Chromium VI and worker safety: June committee updates
Biocidal Products Committee: Analysing alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides
PFAS restriction update: energy, transport and fluorinated gases
ECHA committees give update on PFAS restriction proposal and discuss harmonised classification
EU enforcement project checks safety data sheets - still room for improvement
New approach methodologies: shaping research for non-animal test methods
ECHA committees discuss PFAS restriction and hazards of Talc
ECHA’s Member State Committee: Resolving divergences for chemical safety
Restricting PFAS in the EU: Next sectors to be evaluated by ECHA's committees
Biocidal Products Committee: Applicants responsible for making sure their dossiers are complete
Advancing chemical safety: the impact of new hazard classes in the CLP Regulation
Assessing EU's chemicals legislation: more needs to be done to make chemicals safe and sustainable
PFAS restriction sectoral approach: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committee highlights
Joining forces for humans, animals, environment: One Health - Part 2
Joining forces for humans, animals, environment: One Health - Part 1
EU enforcement project: excessive levels of harmful chemicals found in consumer products
Unpacking 5 600 comments on PFAS restriction: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committee highlights
Biocidal Products Committee: Data gaps slowing down substance approvals and product authorisations
Bridging the gap between scientific research and chemicals regulation
Banning creosote-treated wood: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committee highlights
Biocidal Products Committee: New Chair's outlook on future challenges
ECHA's committees in focus: Tim Bowmer reflects on 11 years as Chair, PFAS restrictions, and future outlook
Enforcement Forum's impact and future: insights from the Forum's outgoing Chair
Biocidal Products Committee: reflecting on ten years of committee work
Risk Assessment Committee backs PFAS ban in firefighting foams
Biocidal Products Committee: Nitrogen generated from ambient air as a low-risk active substance
EU enforcement project: full compliance with EU chemicals law needed
What we know about (bio)degradation and safety by design of nanomaterials
Limiting lead use for outdoor shooting and fishing: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committees
Biocidal Products Committee: Rodent traps can be effective at controlling house mice infestations
EU enforcement project to focus on imported products: Enforcement Forum November highlights
Biocidal Products Committee: Sulphur dioxide, iodine & anticoagulant rodenticides
Cancer-causing PAHs in clay targets need an EU-wide ban: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committees' highlights
OECD – 50 years of improving chemical safety worldwide
Record number of opinions adopted in June meeting of the Biocidal Products Committee
EU projects and transparency: Enforcement Forum June meeting highlights
Group assessment identifies need to restrict more than 30 bisphenols
Glyphosate, lead and silver: Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis Committees Highlights - June 2022
EU Green Deal: paving the way for greener and safer chemicals
Highlights from the March 2022 Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis committees
Highlights from the March 2022 Biocidal Products Committee
Protecting our drinking water and food – EU restriction of PFAS in firefighting foams
Highlights from the December 2021 Biocidal Products Committee
Most inspected products sold online do not comply with EU chemicals law
Assessing chemicals in groups: faster action on harmful chemicals
Making tattoos and permanent make-up safer
Nanomaterials in EU waste streams
Highlights from the October Biocidal Products Committee
SCIP: transparency on hazardous chemicals in products
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: Philip Taylor, ELEY Limited
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: David Scallan, European Federation for Hunting and Conservation (FACE)
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: Hans Steinkellner, European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: Niels Kastrup, Danish Hunting Academy
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: Nina Mikander, UN Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Water Birds (AEWA)
Restriction of lead in outdoor shooting: Ruth Cromie Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)
EU checks imported products for dangerous chemicals
Restricting microplastics and PFHxS in the EU
How is the EU making sure PFAS chemicals don’t stick around?
Do nappies for infants contain harmful chemicals?