February, 13 - New York may ban microbeads in cosmetics
New York may become the first state to ban tiny plastic microbeads found in hundreds of facial scrubs, soaps and toothpastes. A state bill introduced today would prohibit the production, manufacture, distribution and sale of products containing plastic beads fewer than 5 millimeters in size because they have been shown to bypass the sewage system and wind up in bodies of water, as Lake Erie, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a statement. Schneiderman called it “common-sense legislation.”
• Also see the article An App anti-plastic in cosmetics

January, 27 - China: CFDA consults on existing cosmetic ingredients
CFDA has published a notice to invite public comments on a consolidated Inventory of Existing Cosmetic Ingredients in China (IECIC 2014). Compared to IECIC 2003 which only contains 3265 cosmetic ingredients, the 2014 draft IECIC contains 8641 cosmetics ingredients. The deadline for comments is 20 Feb 2014.
For further information
• Go to the Chemical Inspection and Regulation Service (CIRS) website

December, 20 - ECHA adds 7 new substances to SVHC candidate list
ECHA has added another 7 new substances to the SVHC Candidate List, a list that now contains a total …