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KÆLTIA’s Team in its aim to contribute with the global awareness of the Climate Change, summarise below some critical news: COVID-19 has resurrected single-use plastics – are they back to stay? Moreover, Europe’s major rivers are littered with surgical masks and medical gloves discarded by people. After a storage tank in Norilsk, northern Russia, collapsed […]
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The following updates have been published in the EU Pesticide Database of the EU Commission website: 12/02/2020 Publication of Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/192 of 12 February 2020 amending Annexes II and III to Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 as regards MRLs for prochloraz in or on certain products (shall apply from 4 September 2020) 13/05/2020 Non-approval […]
Read MoreKÆLTIA’s Team in its aim to contribute with the global awareness of the Climate Change, summarise below some critical news: The impact of rising sea levels and coastal erosion will see shorelines retreat steadily and provide major challenges for planning authorities, according to a research that involved the University of Western Australia. On the eve […]
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A consolidated opinion of the Committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis supporting ECHA’s proposal to restrict the use of the substances Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4); Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) has been published. The scope of the proposed restriction covers the uses of D4, D5 and D6 as a substance or in mixtures used by consumers […]
Read MoreKÆLTIA’s Team in its aim to contribute with the global awareness of the Climate Change, summarise below some critical news: A circular economy of plastics will reduce plastic pollution and slow down climate change. Plastics have extremely useful properties: they help us keep our food fresh, make it possible to safely operate electrical devices and […]
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Painting Products used to modify the surfaces that are treated in the sense to protect them from the development of undesired microorganisms, come under the Biocidal Product Regulation (BPR). Depending on the active substances present in the Biocidal Products, whether they are still under EU revision or they are approved, different procedures need to be […]
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Sanitising products, such as hand sanitisers, come under the Biocidal Product Regulation (BPR). The most common active substance used in hand sanitisers is Ethanol. Ethanol is currently being reviewed as a biocide active substance in the EU by Greece and no tentative date for approval is known now, so Biocidal products containing Ethanol fall under […]
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Ozone generated “in situ” as an active substance is covered by the Review Programme and it is being evaluated by Germany and The Netherlands, but no draft evaluation report has been submitted yet. Ozone is being revised for the following biocidal product types: PT2: Disinfectants and algaecides not intended for direct application to humans or […]
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Please see below the latest measures taken by the EU Commission related to regulatory issues during Covid-19 Pandemic: The Commission has published guidance to ensure that clinical trials can continue taking place in the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament and the Council of the proposal to […]
Read MoreKÆLTIA’s Team in its aim to contribute with the global awareness of the Climate Change, summarise below some critical news: The world’s seas are simmering, with record high temperatures spurring worry among forecasters that the global warming effect may generate a chaotic year of extreme weather ahead. Geophysicist remains optimistic for Arctic ozone layer despite […]
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