Canada Publishes Guideline for Trace Amounts of Asbestos in Consumer Products
(WorldNews Switzerland)

Canada has published guidance to assist the consumer products industry to comply with asbestos in consumer products regulations. The guideline provides information on `trace amounts of asbestos` and suitable analytical methods. SAFEGUARDS | Consumer Products NO. 007/19 In October 2018, Canada published `Prohibition of Asbestos and Products Containing Asbestos Regulations (SOR/2018-196, `the Regulations`)` to amend its Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA, 1999). That piece of legislation regulates, inter alia, consumer products containing asbestos in greater than trace amounts. The new law became effective on...