New REACH SVHCs

The last REACH registration deadline for chemicals placed on the European market is May 31, 2018 – only two months away. Data sharing and joint submission of data are mandatory requirements through which companies or groups of companies can reduce the costs of registration, make the most of their Lead Registrant position, and avoid unnecessary testing. Negotiations are currently placed under significant pressure as the deadline approaches, many substances remain to be registered and new implementing rules and guidance have to be considered compared to the 2010 and 2013 deadlines.

Before marketing a new chemical, the manufacturer/importer, in order to meet the various national and international legal requirements, has to submit information in the form of a notification or registration (e.g. phys-chem, toxicological, ecotoxicological data) to support each Government’s risk assessment to determine whether the substance poses an unreasonable risk to the environment and/or human health. Some countries require pre-manufacture/import notification while for many jurisdictions, the chemical notification process is a tiered system requiring subsequent notifications as the annual amount of the imported or manufactured substance increases. Further, there are expanding global initiatives to assess chemicals already in the marketplace and subsequently take action on any chemicals found to be harmful to human health and/or the environment.

Many leading oil & gas and utilities companies are pursuing digital transformation to drive operational excellence. Across exploration, refining, power generation and distribution, petrochemical and other energy sectors, leaders are focused on reducing costs, mitigating risks, maximizing return on assets and streamlining project management.

As the “central science,” the language of chemistry is essential to virtually all scientific disciplines. Communicating about millions of known, and more millions of unknown, chemical compounds, in an accurate, digestible, and elegant manner is essential to documenting the reproducibility and transparency of your research. This places the onus on chemists to make their supporting information clear. This webinar will point out various stages in micro and macro chemical workflows where employing integrated chemistry databases, drawing tools, and other “tricks of the trade” will streamline and improve the accuracy of your published research.