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March

• Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution - The Public Comment Period for the Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution has been extended by 30 days. Stakeholders are invited to submit comments until May 1, 2020. [2020-03-30]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Acyclic, Monocyclic, and Bicyclic Monoterpenes Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on May 13, 2020. [2020-03-14]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Salicylates Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on May 13, 2020. [2020-03-14]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for the Parabens Group was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on May 13, 2020. [2020-03-14]
• A new fact sheet on approaches for addressing data needs in risk assessment was published. [2020-03-13]
• A new fact sheet on the use of analogues and read-across in risk assessment was published. [2020-03-13]

February

• The Draft Screening Assessment for Sodium ortho-phenylphenate (SOPP) was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 29, 2020. [2020-02-29]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Flourescent Brightener 367 was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 22, 2020. [2020-02-22]
• The Draft Science Assessment of Plastic Pollution was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 1, 2020. [2020-02-01]
• The Draft Screening Assessment for Heptamethylnonane was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 1, 2020. [2020-02-01]
• A notice of intent to amend the Domestic Substances List to apply the Significant New Activity (SNAc) provisions of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 to mitotane was published for a 60-day public comment period ending on April 1, 2020. [2020-02-01]

January

• The updated Science Approach Document for the Ecological Risk Classification of Inorganic Substances was published. [2020-01-06]