In this latest episode of the Chemical Watch Podcast, Kate Lowe is joined by science editor Andrew Turley, editorial director Geraint Roberts and North America managing editor Terry Hyland.

First we hear about an international group of scientists who are making the argument for managing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) as a class, and who say a more precise set of criteria is needed to categorise ‘essential’ and ‘non-essential’ uses – a distinction vital to draft European Commission proposals to phase out all but 'essential' uses of PFASs across a wide range of legislation.

Secondly, we catch up with the post-Brexit concerns of the chemicals industry in the UK where representatives continue to warn that the UK REACH regime’s attempts to create a parallel database will both weaken UK manufacturing and potentially cut the number of chemicals on the market.

And finally, we take a look at the implications of the US EPA’s plans to propose a rule in November that would allow it to obtain information about potential hazards and exposure pathways related to certain chemicals on the TSCA work plan – a list of 90 chemicals the agency put together in 2014 based on their potential for high hazard and exposure.

In this episode of the Chemical Watch Podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined by North America managing editor Terry Hyland, Asia desk reporter Ellen Daliday and emerging markets reporter Ginger Hervey.

First, we catch up on the progress of a raft of expected developments concerning the first risk evaluations to be carried out in the US under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act.

Second, we catch up with progress on Thailand’s draft new chemical law and plans for a national inventory - and in particular the views of the chemical industry there about the developments.

And finally, we hear some of the highlights and insights from a Chemical Watch conference this week on Latin America where chemicals regimes are in transition.

In this latest episode of the Chemical Watch Podcast, news editor Charlotte Niemiec is joined by North America managing editor Terry Hyland and editorial director Geraint Roberts to discuss two stories from the week.

First, the news from the US that two Republican senators have said they will oppose the nomination of Nancy Beck, a former principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention at the EPA, to chair the US Consumer Product Safety Commission which assesses the risks associated with some 15,000 consumer products in the US.

Second, we look at the EU’s plans for a cross-agency ‘one substance - one assessment’ approach to regulating chemicals. This week, several NGOs urged the EU to take a ‘grouping approach’ to speed up regulatory action and the substitution of safer alternatives. But what exactly are the EU’s plans?

In this latest episode of the Chemical Watch Podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined by reporter Terry Hyland, managing editor of our North America desk to discuss two stories from the week.

Firstly, a federal trial now underway in the US state of California that could set a new standard for how courts handle citizen petitions under TSCA – a development which could have considerable ramifications for stakeholders.

Secondly, we catch up with developments in Canada where after several years of anticipation, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act finally looks set for a major overhaul this autumn.

In this week’s episode of the Chemical Watch Podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined from our Asia desk by Asia reporter Ellen Daliday and by Geraint Roberts, Chemical Watch's editorial director, to discuss two stories from the week.

Firstly, revisions to China's primary regulation governing new chemical substances have been finalised and are due to come into force at the beginning of next year. In the meantime, transitional arrangements have been proposed to manage new chemicals until the revised regulation comes into force.

Secondly, the recent Safer Chemicals Conference held by Echa heard executive director Dr Bjorn Hansen propose the idea that we need a definition of a "sustainable chemical" - based on safety, circularity and using less energy to produce.

In this week’s episode of the Chemical Watch podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined from Dallas by Ginger Hervey, global and emerging markets reporter, and in the UK by Andrew Turley, Chemical Watch science editor, to discuss two stories from the last week:

In this week’s episode of the Chemical Watch podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined by our chief customer officer Emma Chynoweth and North America managing editor Terry Hyland to discuss two stories from the last week:

In this week’s episode of the Chemical Watch podcast, global managing editor Kate Lowe is joined by Chemical Watch news editor Charlotte Niemiec and North America managing editor Terry Hyland to discuss two big stories from the last week:

In this week’s episode of the Chemical Watch podcast, science editor Andrew Turley is joined by global business editor Leigh Stringer and editorial director Geraint Roberts to discuss two big stories from the last week:

This week, our Global Business Editor Leigh Stringer is joined by Editorial Director, Geraint Roberts and Managing Editor – North America, Terry Hyland. They discuss two big stories from the last week: a call by German trade bodies for a six-month postponement of chemical regulatory deadlines in the wake of Covid-19, and the results of the US EPA's TSCA draft evaluation of Perc which has identified risks for workers and consumers.