Vietnam Circular Number 09/2019/TT-BKHCN, also known as the National Technical Regulation on Safety of Toys. The circular was promulgated in September 2019, and came into effect from December 31,...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/vietnams-national-technical-regulation-on-safety-of-toys/
Rwanda Ministerial Order No. Nº20/38 of 2016 determining the list of cosmetics whose use is prohibited in Rwanda published in the Official Gazette no. 09 of 29/02/2016 Cosmetic products can cont...
Nepal Decision ‘Regarding Mercury based Equipments and Dental Amalgam’, August 21st 2019 Amalgam dental fillings consist of approximately 50% mercury, a highly neurotoxic heavy metal. Growing...
Denmark Danish Order on food contact materials and on provisions for penalties for breaches of related EU legislation, May 2020 (in specific: Chapter 3: Special production, use and testing condit...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/danish-order-on-food-contact-materials/
Sri Lanka had one of the world’s highest suicide rates, and pesticide poisoning accounted for more than two thirds of all cases. The Pesticides Act ensures that only least hazardous pesticides ...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/sri-lanka-control-of-pesticides-act-no-33/
Region Stockholm has agreed to phase-out lists for chemicals hazardous to the environment and the health of citizens, employees, and patients. The lists comprise chemicals and chemical products e...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/region-stockholms-phase-out-lists-for-chemicals/
With the Chemical Control Order for Lead and Lead Compounds (CCO), the Philippines became the first Southeast Asian country to successfully implement legislation towards lead-safe paint. The poli...
Kyrgyzstan is one of the few countries in the world to make the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) legally binding. The GHS is an internationally agreed...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/kyrgyzstan-resolution-no-43-of-09-february-2015/
Around 4,000 active pharmaceutical ingredients are being administered worldwide in prescription medicines, over-the-counter drugs, and veterinary drugs. While pharmaceuticals are stringently regu...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/global/colombia-resolution-371/
Costa Rica has been a pioneer in developing a comprehensive biodiversity law in response to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Costa Rica’s Biodiversity Law of 1998 embraces the three o...
https://www.futurepolicy.org/healthy-ecosystems/biodiversity-and-soil/costa-ricas-biodiversity-law/