Today's KNOWLEDGE Share: Five New Hazardous Chemicals

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share 

ECHA Adds Five New Hazardous Chemicals to Candidate List:

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added five new chemicals to the Candidate List. One of them is toxic for reproduction, three are very persistent and very bioaccumulative and one is toxic for reproduction and persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic. They are found in products such as inks and toners, adhesives and sealants and washing and cleaning products.

The List Now Contains 240 Entries:

The Agency has also updated the existing Candidate List entry for dibutyl phthalate to include its endocrine disrupting properties for the environment.

ECHA’s Member State Committee has confirmed the addition of these substances to the Candidate List. The list now contains 240 entries – some are groups of chemicals so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.

These substances may be placed on the Authorization List in the future. If a substance is on that list, companies cannot use it unless they apply for authorization and the European Commission authorizes its continued use.

Entries added to the Candidate List on 23 January 2024:

a)2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenol CAS No:732-26-3

b)2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethylbutyl)phenol CAS:3147-75-9

c)2-(dimethylamino)-2-[(4-methylphenyl)methyl]-1-[4-(morpholin-4-yl)phenyl]butan-1-one.CAS No: 119344-86-4.

d)Bumetrizole CAS No:3896-11-5

e)Oligomerisation and alkylation reaction products of 2-phenylpropene and phenol

f)Dibutyl phthalate (updated entry) CAS No:84-74-2

Consequences of the Candidate List

Under REACH, companies have legal obligations when their substance is included – either on its own, in mixtures or in articles – in the Candidate List.

If an article contains a Candidate List substance above a concentration of 0.1 % (weight by weight), suppliers have to give their customers and consumers information on how to use it safely. Consumers have the right to ask suppliers if the products they buy contain substances of very high concern.

Importers and producers of articles have to notify ECHA if their article contains a Candidate List substance within six months from the date it has been included in the list (23 January 2024).

EU and EEA suppliers of substances on the Candidate List, supplied either on their own or in mixtures, have to update the safety data sheet they provide to their customers.

Under the Waste Framework Directive, companies also have to notify ECHA if the articles they produce contain substances of very high concern in a concentration above 0.1 % (weight by weight). This notification is published in ECHA’s database of substances of concern in products (SCIP).

Source: ECHA/specialchem