Join us for our first Chemical Watch Podcast Short, where we highlight our latest top stories.  

This week, we look at the options the European Commission is exploring as it considers updating REACH without reopening the law, as well as the Commission’s latest draft of its Restrictions Roadmap. 

In the US, our coverage dives into the big $450m settlement with Chemours over PFAS discharges, as well as the implications of California’s attorney general conceding a lawsuit over Proposition 65 warnings for DEA in cosmetics, the latest case over the First Amendment’s limits on government-compelled warnings where there is not a scientific consensus on a substance’s toxicity.  

Elsewhere in the world, we cover:  

• the latest in the legal challenge to New Mexico’s PFAS labelling and fee requirements;  

• debate in New Zealand over a bill that would require regulators to rely more on chemical assessments from other jurisdictions; and  

• the United Kingdoms’ recent push for more alignment with the EU on chemicals regulation. 

Tune in to hear more about our top headlines. And then come back to read all the latest developments in chemicals policy from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

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This week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa looks at two recent recommendations from ECHA’s Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC): one saying the ultra-short-chain PFAS TFA warrants classification as a reprotoxicant, and another agreeing with a French proposal to classify the acne treatment ingredient resorcinol as a category 1 endocrine disruptor. 

Science editor Andrew Turley joins the podcast to talk about the RAC’s recommendation for trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and the implications if the PFAS is ultimately classified as a reprotoxicant and potentially more under the EU CLP Regulation. 

In addition, science reporter Dr Emma Davies discusses resorcinol and what it means if the industrial ingredient becomes the first substance to be classified as an endocrine disruptor for human health under the CLP Regulation. 

Tune in to catch the full episode! And then come back to read all the latest developments in chemicals policy from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

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In this week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa we discuss the status of the UK’s chemicals framework more than five years on from Brexit, as well as the latest on the EU’s chemicals omnibus proposal. 

Europe editor Luke Buxton provides an overview of what has happened with the UK chemicals framework since the Brexit transition ended at the end of 2020, including UK REACH; the classification, labelling and packaging regulation (or GB CLP); the biocidal products regulation (GB BPR); and more. 

In addition, Europe reporter Vanessa Zainzinger joins the podcast to talk about the EU’s chemicals omnibus proposal and the compromises made to move things forward. 

Tune in to catch the full episode! And then come back to read all the latest developments in chemicals policy from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

Have a podcast idea or a comment to share? Let us know by emailing the editor at [email protected]. 

This week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa looks at where things stand with the proposed REACH revision as well as actions by some individual EU member states to forge their own path, including new restrictions on PFAS. 

Managing editor for Europe Leigh Stringer joins the podcast to talk about EU chemicals policy, including the REACH revision and a recent push from several members of Parliament who want to see reforms to ECHA before taking steps to revise the bloc’s main chemicals legislation. 

And EMEA reporter Eline Schaart discusses what is ahead for EU member states, as several countries forge ahead with their own national measures, including restrictions on PFAS in certain products. 

Tune in to catch the full episode! And then come back to read all the latest developments in chemicals policy from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

Have a podcast idea or a comment to share? Let us know by emailing the editor at [email protected]. 

In this week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa, we look at recent updates to chemical laws in China, Japan and Vietnam. 

Asia desk editor Dr Kerry Hebden joins the podcast to talk about changes to Japan’s Chemical Substances Control Law, some of which are due to take effect next month. Kerry also talks about Japan’s transition from the 6th version of the UN’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals to GHS 9. 

Asia desk senior reporter Uzair Aftab also joins us to discuss what’s ahead for Vietnam after the country adopted its new Law on Chemicals last summer. In addition, Uzair talks about China, its new Law on the Safety of Hazardous Chemicals and how the country hopes to become a world powerhouse for cosmetics.  

Tune in to learn more. And then come back to see all the latest headlines from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

Have a podcast idea or a comment to share? Let us know by emailing the editor at [email protected]. 

This week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa takes a look at what is ahead for the global packaging sector.  

Senior editor Charlotte Niemiec joins us to talk about the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) taking effect later this year and what that means for companies. 

We’ll also discuss the growing number of US states that have adopted extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws, including the status of the federal lawsuit challenging Oregon's scheme. 

Tune in to learn more. And then we hope you will come back to read all the latest headlines from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

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This week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast from Enhesa takes us inside the US EPA’s recent proposal to amend the 2023 TSCA PFAS reporting rule and the potential implications for stakeholders. 

North America Managing Editor Kelly Franklin joins us to talk about the ways EPA is looking to scale back the scope of its TSCA section 8(a)(7) rule, why article importers may support those plans, and why environmental and public health groups likely will not. 

We’ll also talk about how modifications could affect the information the agency collects, what the proposal means for the current April 2026 opening of the reporting period, and why litigation may ultimately follow any final changes.  

Tune in to learn more. And then come back to read the latest headlines from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

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This week’s Chemical Watch News & Insight podcast looks at the factors behind retailer Patagonia’s 20-year journey to phase out the use of intentionally added PFAS. 

Business editor Shanda Moorghen joins the podcast to talk about Patagonia’s recent announcement that it has phased out PFAS from its new products, how it got there, and why the company says it still will not market its products as "PFAS free". We also discuss the roles that NGO advocates, lawmakers and industry all have to play as more businesses and jurisdictions grapple with how to deal with the persistent, but useful, class of chemicals. 

Tune in to learn more. And then come back to read the latest headlines from Enhesa’s Chemical Watch News & Insight. 

Have a podcast idea or a comment to share? Let us know by emailing the editor at [email protected].

In this episode, Managing Editor for Europe, Leigh Stringer, discusses what we know about the REACH revision and how a negative opinion on the proposal from the European Commission’s Regulatory Scrutiny Board has thrown a wrench into the timing of its release. We also walk through the basics of the EU’s simplification agenda and how it is impacting the REACH revision and other EU chemicals legislation.

In this episode, North America desk editor Julia John talks about California legislation that could limit phthalates in IV bags, bisphenols in children's products and more. Asia senior reporter Uzair Aftab talks about how businesses are dealing with Taiwan's upcoming deadline for registering more than 100 priority existing chemicals. Finally, senior reporter on biocides, Vanessa Zainainger, joins us to talk about Biobor JR, an exempted jet fuel preservative, and how it came to enter, and stay, on the EU market.