Updated Second SVHC Consultation List for 2013

HONG KONG, China - Oct. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Consultation to Identify New SVHCs

The public consultation for the identification of SVHCs takes place twice a year and will last for 45 days. Interested parties have until 17 October 2013 to provide comments on the substance identity, further information related to properties of concern, application, exposure, alternatives as well as the risk of the proposed substances to ECHA. In the current consultation list, three of the substances are mainly used as additives in plastic and rubber, and three other substances are applied as colorants. If all 7 substances will make it to the SVHCs candidate list the total number will expand to 151.

Potential Hazardous Substances

The second SVHC consultation list in 2013 contains 7 substances. Two of the substances are widely used additives in plastic; dihexyl phthalate is used as plasticizer and trixylyl phosphate is a phosphorous-containing flame retardant. Another additive, imidazolidine-2-thione, is used as accelerators in the production of chloroprene rubber. Three of the substances in the list are colorants, where two are benzidine-based dyes and one is an inorganic pigment. The two benzidine-based dyes, Direct Black 38 and Direct Red 28, are mainly used for the dyeing of textile and paper. The inorganic pigment, cadmium sulphide, is widely used in polymer and glass for coloring. The other inorganic compound, lead di(acetate), is used as metallic dryer to accelerate the drying of paint, coating and ink. It is also used in the manufacture of electrical equipment. The potential uses of the 7 potential SVHCs are summarized in Table 1.

Potential uses of 7 potential substances of very high concern, published by ECHA on 2 September 2013, are summarized in a table within the latest SafeGuards bulletin (http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/0...).

Abbreviations

Carc. 1B: Carcinogen category 1B
Repr. 1A: Toxic to reproduction category 1A
Repr. 1B: Toxic to reproduction category 1B
EQC: Equivalent level of concern

Reference:

(1) Substances of Very High Concern Identification (http://echa.europa.eu/addressing-chemicals-of-concern/aut...)

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