The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added thirteen new substances of very high concern (SVHCs) to the REACH candidate list. This list serves as a staging area for substances to be added to Annex XIV of REACH, which puts them on a track to be banned pending authorization for limited uses for limited time periods.
According to ECHA:
"Four have been identified as SVHCs under the precondition that they
contain certain carcinogenic constituents above the concentration limit
for classifying these substances as carcinogenic. Five of the new SVHCs
have been included in the Candidate List following a scrutiny of the
comments received during the public consultation and the unanimous
agreement of the Member State Committee (MSC). The further eight
substances, which did not receive comments challenging the
identification as SVHCs during public consultation, were directly added
to the Candidate List."
More information and the full candidate list of substances can be found on the ECHA site.
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