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Substances of Very High Concern
...weight-of-evidence approach for chemical assessments. The silicones industry strongly believes that the use of updated PBT criteria and a weight of evidence approach will provide the most accurate environmental assessments...
Silicones: making the EU’s digital innovation agenda a reality
...meaning they can effectively dissipate heat in increasingly compact and powerful components, making electrical products more reliable — a fundamental prerequisite for electronic chips and semiconductors in industrial motors, locomotives,...
New World For India And US – Analysis
...should be viewed suspiciously. This approach works for an economy that is already high-income with a well-developed safety net. It is less appropriate for countries that want to sustain faster...
Workshop: Unlocking Sustainable Chemicals Management in Southeast Asia
Join us for a transformational workshop Are you passionate about sustainable chemicals management? Do you want to make a significant impact on Southeast Asia’s chemical management practices? This workshop is...
Unnecessary Regulations On Silicone Could Put Patients In Jeopardy
...bureaucrats and activists, particularly in Europe, have used flawed scientific models to push for restricting and even banning the use of certain silicone compounds in consumer products. This comes despite...
Application of multimedia models for understanding the environmental behavior of volatile methylsiloxanes: Fate, transport, and bioaccumulation
...for VMS requires particularly careful selection of model inputs because the properties of VMS differ from those of most organic compounds. For example, although n-octanol/water partition coefficient (K OW) values...
Draft Authorization Proposal
...their PBT and vPvB classification, high volumes and wide-dispersive uses. According to standard REACH procedure, ECHA compiles, at least every second year, a list with substances it recommends prioritizing for...
Restrictions on Personal Care, Consumer and Professional Products
...and D6 in leave-on and personal care applications as well as consumer and professional applications. In response to additional information provided by industry during the Public Consultations , the European...
Cosmetics and Siloxanes
...(D3-D7) as cosmetic raw materials and reached the conclusion that these compounds are safe in cosmetic applications. In 2009, the safety evaluation of cyclic methylsiloxanes (D3-D7) as cosmetic raw materials...
Canada
...could pose a risk to the environment. Following a scientific review process that included formal hearings and a rigorous examination of all the relevant scientific information related to D5’s behavior...
When ‘safety first’ puts us all at risk
...wrong. Australian regulators took a smarter ‘risk-proportionate’ approach to regulation when it came to more commonly used products that use silicone compounds. Silicone compounds are used in a range of...
Australia, Singapore, have lessons for Hong Kong
...rate of 6.5 percent between 2017-2026, due in no small part to the enormous research and investment (R&D) made by regional economies. In 2018 alone, China, South Korea, and Japan...
The EU’s anti-science laws hit here
...compounds are used in many common consumer products including airbags, face creams, solar panels and paints. They are also commonplace in medical equipment and prosthetics, automobiles, light bulbs, smartphones, computers...
GSC Opposes EU Authorization Recommendation for D4, D5, and D6
...on the use of these substances in commerce, nor have they considered adopting such restrictive measures as requiring permission from the government to use these substances. D4, D5, and D6...
GSC Files Legal Action Challenging SVHC Listing for D4, D5 D6
...response to the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) June 2018 decision to include three silicone substances – D4, D5, and D6 – in the candidate list as Substances of Very High...
Banning Silicone Would Cripple Transportation Industry
...flawed regulatory approach and ignoring new, more accurate scientific data. Environmental regulations must be based on cost/benefit analysis and sound risk assessment, not alarmism. Advocates of bans embrace the “precautionary...
SEHSC Welcomes EPA-Granted Manufacturer-Requested Risk Evaluation of D4
...comprehensive and complete draft human health and environmental risk evaluation prepared in accordance with EPA guidance. This risk evaluation includes results from the rigorous D4 environmental monitoring program the silicones...
SEHSC Submits Request For EPA Risk Evaluation of D4
...U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conduct a risk evaluation of D4 under the Toxic Substances Control Act. Unique to the submission is the inclusion of a comprehensive and complete draft...