ECHA submits seven chemicals to be restricted in EU
02 June 2009 11:04 [Source: ICIS news]
LONDON (ICIS news)--The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has asked the European Commission to introduce strict controls for seven chemical substances considered a risk to the public, the Helsinki-based organisation said on Tuesday.
The ECHA's recommendations were decided after taking into account the views of a member-state committee and comments from a public consultation earlier in the year.
The Commission would have the final decision on which substances would be on the authorisation list, after which the chemicals could only be used in the EU for “specific purposes”, the ECHA said.
“I see this first science-based recommendation of substances for authorisation as an important milestone,” said ECHA executive director Geert Dancet.
“The protection of human health and the environment is at the heart of Reach and submitting the use of these seven problematic substances to authorisation moves us one step closer to that goal," he added.
Three of the recommended substances are classified as toxic to reproduction and one as carcinogenic, while three fulfil the criteria for being persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) or very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB).
The ECHA said the seven substances are used in a wide range of products to which consumers and workers are exposed.
ECHA authorisation priority list
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5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene |
(musk xylene) |
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Alkanes,C10-13,chloro |
(short chain chlorinated paraffins; SCCPs) |
|
Hexabromocyclododecane and all major diastereoisomers identified |
(HBCDD) |
|
4,4’-Diamino diphenyl methane |
(MDA) |
|
Bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate |
(DEHP) |
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Benzyl butyl phthalate |
(BBP) |
|
Dibutyl phthalate |
(DBP) |
By: Mark Watts
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