On May 13, 2026, the Australian government issued a notice updating the chemical names of a batch of substances to their Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) names in accordance with Section 85 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019. These corrections do not change the identity of the chemical substances themselves.

Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC) Corrects Names of a batch of substance-May 15, 2026

To further strengthen the safety supervision of hazardous chemicals and refine the scope of management for Entry No. 1728, "Nonane and its isomers", in the Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals, the following 35 nonane isomers are hereby supplementally included under Entry No. 1728 of the China Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2026 Edition) for regulatory implementation.

Supplementary content:
Straight-chain alkanes: 1 type
Methyloctanes: 3 types
Dimethylheptanes: 9 types
Ethylheptanes: 2 types
Trimethylhexanes: 8 types
Methyl ethyl hexanes: 4 types
Tetramethylpentanes: 4 types
Dimethyl ethyl pentanes: 3 types
Diethylpentanes: 1 type

Update to the China Catalogue of Hazardous Chemicals (2026 Edition)-Inclusion of 35 Nonane Isomers under Entry No. 1728

Argentina List of Chemical Precursors Control

On April 20, 2026, the European Commission formally adopted Regulation (EU) 2026/859, amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH) to impose restrictions on the use of 2,4-dinitrotoluene (2,4-DNT) in articles. This amendment was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on April 21.

This regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union, shall have general binding force, and shall be directly applicable in all Member States.

Entry No.83 was added to the REACH Restriction List (Annex XVII)

On April 17, 2026, the Australian Government issued a notification to include a chemical substance in the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals, in compliance with Section 82 of the Industrial Chemicals Act 2019.

A substance was added to the Australian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC)

Recently, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan has released an update notice that includes 156 substances to the list of newly announced chemical substances prior to March 31, 2011, with the number of substance groups remaining unchanged (7,413).

156 substances were added to the Japan CSCL Newly Announced Chemical Substances (notified by March 31,2011)

On April 1, 2026, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued an update notice, adding 2 confirmed CAS numbers to the list of newly announced chemical substances published after April 1, 2011.

2 confirmed links of CAS RNs were added to the Japan CSCL-Newly Announced Chemical Substances (notified by April 1,2011)

Recently, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued an updated announcement, removing 18 chemical substances (21 entries in total) from priority assessment and listing them in the List of Canceled Priority Assessment Chemical Substances.

Updated Japan CSCL-(Canceled) Priority Assessment Chemical Substances as of April 1, 2026

Recently, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare issued an updated announcement, listing 119 substances as priority assessment chemicals while removing 18 substances.

119 substances were added to the Japan CSCL Priority Assessment Chemicals-Apr 17, 2026

Recently, Japan issued an updated announcement, classifying 6 substances as Category I Specified Chemical Substances, with a total of 39 groups of substances now listed.

Update History