15 Jan 2018, ECHA published Decision adding seven new substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the Candidate List.The BPA entry was updated to reflect an additional reason for inclusion due to its endocrine disrupting properties causing adverse effects to the environment, for BPA is already listed on the Candidate List because the toxic for reproduction and endocrine disrupting properties , by now the SVHC Candidate List include total 18 batchs 181 substances.
New Substances in SVHC Candidate List
No. |
Substance Name |
EC No. |
CAS No. |
Potential Use |
Intrinsic property(ies) in SVHC |
1 |
Chrysene |
205-923-4 |
218-01-9 |
Normally not produced intentionally but rather occurs as a constituent or impurity in other substances. |
Carcinogenic (Article 57a) PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
2 |
Benz[a]anthracene |
200-280-6 |
56-55-3 |
Normally not produced intentionally but rather occurs as a constituent or impurity in other substances. |
Carcinogenic (Article 57a) PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
3 |
Cadmium nitrate |
233-710-6 |
10325-94-7 |
Used for the manufacture of glass, porcelain and ceramic products and in laboratory chemicals. |
|
4 |
Cadmium hydroxide |
244-168-5 |
21041-95-2 |
Used for the manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical equipment and in laboratory chemicals. |
Carcinogenic (Article 57a) Mutagenic (Article 57b)
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