Chemicals Quarterly – Q3 2026 Regulatory Update
Webinar Overview
Keeping pace with global chemical regulations is only getting harder, with new restrictions, bans, and reporting requirements landing across multiple regions every quarter.
Adherent’s Chemicals Quarterly webinar series gives you a regular update on the latest news on permitted, restricted, and prohibited substances across a wide range of products worldwide.
This quarter’s session covers key chemicals of concern, including PFAS, mercury, PVC, and persistent organic pollutants (POPs), alongside other substances gaining regulatory attention. We’ll look at how these regulations affect a wide range of product categories: apparel, cosmetics, electrical and electronic equipment, food contact articles, medical devices, packaging, and toys.
Chemical coverage includes:
- PFAS
- Mercury
- PVC
- POPs
- Other chemicals of high concern
Product coverage includes:
- Apparel
- Cosmetics
- Electrical and electronic equipment
- Food contact articles
- Medical devices
- Packaging
- Toys
Whether you’re responsible for chemicals management, product stewardship, regulatory affairs, or product compliance, this webinar will provide practical insights into the regulatory developments shaping global markets.
Why Join?
In this session, we’ll cover:
Americas
Europe
Asia-Pacific & Middle East
Africa
Cross-Regional
Key Takeaways & Live Q&A
Date
This webinar will take place on Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 at 08:00 PDT, 11:00 EDT, 17:00 CET.
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Presenters
Cassie Pershyn, MLS, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Adherent
Cassie Pershyn brings 16 years of regulatory research experience to her role as a Regulatory Compliance Specialist, where she helps shape and maintain the global compliance information that clients rely on every day. Trained as a librarian, she has a passion for untangling complex regulations and turning them into meaningful, usable insights across the supply chain.
Before joining C&R, Cassie supported industry professionals through her work in the information center of a major product testing lab and spent several years working in university libraries, where she developed a strong foundation in research strategy and knowledge management. Based in the Buffalo NY area, she currently focuses on product labeling, chemical restrictions, and contributing to the development of ASTM standards.
Beth McCalister, MLS, Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Adherent
Beth McCalister, MLS, is a Regulatory Compliance Specialist with the Global Regulatory Compliance team at Adherent. With 18 years of experience as an information professional, she specializes in researching and monitoring consumer product regulations, with a focus on ESG – particularly labor and employment – as well as ecodesign and cosmetics.
Prior to her current role at Adherent (formerly Compliance & Risks), Beth served as a paralegal at a law firm in Buffalo, NY, where she applied her expertise to conduct legal research. Her career is rooted in her experience at a consumer products testing laboratory, which provided her with an industry-focused perspective on regulatory compliance. Beth holds a Master of Library Science from the University at Buffalo.
