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Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Groups of ODS with their ozone-depleting potential.
Get help to classify organic chemicals that contain certain permitted additives or can be dissolved in water, for import and export.
How to identify and classify waste that contains POPs.
Topical steroid products are safe and highly effective treatments for the management of a wide range of inflammatory skin diseases but have important risks, especially with prolonged use at high potency. In the coming months, as a result of regulatory...
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COM) assesses and advises on mutagenic risks to humans. COM is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care and the...
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
A list of all F gases and their global warming potentials.
Resource for the public and those professionals responding to chemical incidents, including emergency services and public health professionals.
Find out what compound products are, and how to import or move them from the EU to Great Britain.
Licence and registration application information for companies that deal in precursor chemicals.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Controlled chemicals, drug precursor chemicals and hazardous chemicals.
Information on depleted uranium (DU) including what it is, its uses, health effects and protection from exposure.
Requesting comments on draft Stockholm Convention proposals for 3 chemical substances.
Keep up to date with the latest information from the UK GLP monitoring authority.
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