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ECHA calls for new round of comments on reproductive toxicity and carcinogenicity of etridiazole
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has invited additional comments on proposals for harmonized classification and labeling (CLH) for etridiazole, used as a fungicide to control soil and root fungi in the treatment of substrate-grown crops. The CLH...

Kemira plans further restructuring, announces financial targets for 2016
Kemira has announced several major restructuring measures and issued profitability and sales targets for 2016. The measures are in addition to the company’s Fit for Growth restructuring program, details of which were announced in mid-2012. Fit for...

Second Reach registration deadline approaches
The second deadline for the European Union's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (Reach) program is just around the corner. Phase-in substances, manufactured or imported in the European Union at 100–1,000 m.t./year...

Finland's UPM and Neste Oil in court dispute over biodiesel patent
Industrial group UPM- Kymmene (Helsinki) has registered a court request with the Helsinki District Court to invalidate Neste Oil's (Espoo, Finland) biodiesel patent, alleging it does not differ from previously patented innovations, UPM tells CW.  UPM...

ECHA invites comments on proposals for harmonized classification and labeling of lenacil and boric acid
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; Helsinki) has invited comments on two new proposals for harmonized classification and labeling (CLH). The chemicals concerned are lenacil, a uracil herbicide; and boric acid, used in various industrial applications...

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