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On September 12, 2025, the 11th revised edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was published on the UNECE website.

Highlights: Multilingual Globalization, Product Compliance Database, Batch Query and Aggregated Search.

According to the convention, the production of these two substances is theoretically banned globally starting from January 1, 2026.

The proposal will be reviewed at the Twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP-12) to the Stockholm Convention, scheduled from April 28 to May 9, 2025.

This new revision includes additional UN numbers related to vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries, lithium metal batteries, and sodium-ion batteries.

The GHS Expert Group Committee plans to refine category 1B germ cell mutagenicity standards and broaden mutagenicity classifications.

The 20th Meetings of the Stockholm Convention's POP Review Committee and the Rotterdam Convention's Chemical Review Committee are scheduled for September 23-27, 2024.

The WHO and Vietnam found toxic chemicals in cough syrups and suspensions.

MCCPs and LC-PFCAs may be recommended to be listed in the Annex A of the Stockholm Convention