Podcast Short: California gets news laws and lots of initial registrations in Turkey

This week’s Podcast Short highlights new laws in California and lots of preliminary registrations under Turkey’s REACH-like chemicals regime.

In California, Governor Gavin Newsom signed five chemicals-related bills into law, including measures that add requirements for Proposition 65 settlements and actions to track the use of PFAS-containing pesticides in the state.

Meanwhile, in Turkey, the government received some 40,000 provisional registrations from companies under the KKDIK, the country’s chemicals management law.

Other top stories discussed this week include: 

• An in-depth look at what happens next with New Mexico’s now paused PFAS labelling scheme; 
• China seeks proposals for for its 2027 cosmetics standards work programme; 
• The UK rejects an authorisation request on the use of chromium trioxide in surface treatment; and 
• Industry says EU PFAS restriction could disrupt continent’s fluoropolymer supply. 

Tune in to hear more about our top stories from the last week and then visit Chemical Watch News & Insight to catch all the latest chemicals management news from around the globe.

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