A public comment and consultation period is open now, but risk assessment and management reports have already been published and the Government of Canada plans to update The Cosmetic Ingredient Hotlist accordingly.
“Based on the latest science and the final screening assessment completed in 2021, the Government of Canada concludes that talc may be harmful to lungs when inhaling certain loose talc powder products, and it may cause ovarian cancer when using certain self-care products containing talc in the female genital area.” This, according to a media release issued just last week from Health Canada, the country’s governmental department responsible for national health policy.
New federal budget appropriate to current crisis circumstances, CIAC
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OTTAWA, ON, April 20, 2021 /CNW/ - The Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) acknowledges the new federal budget tabled yesterday will play an important role in supporting Canadians and Canadian businesses as they continue to cope with the current unprecedented public health and economic crisis. The budget also sends important signals and provides foundational fiscal supports for the future direction of the Canadian economy as it transitions to net-zero emissions by 2050.
CIAC has identified a number of initiatives that will bring benefits to Canada s chemistry and plastics sectors, including:
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Certain NICNAS Exemption Provisions Available Until August 31, 2022: Australia announced on December 17, 2020, that under the transitional arrangements, some exemption provisions that existed under the previous law, the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989, will be available to introducers until
August 31, 2022. Introductions made under this arrangement are taken to be Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) “reported introductions” under Section 27 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019 (current law). Australia states that this means that if the introduction meets the criteria for one of the exemption provisions that existed under the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS), companies are authorized to introduce the chemical under AICIS as a “reported introduction” until
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