ECHA Adds Five Hazardous Chemicals to the Candidate List and Updates One Entry
Jan. 27 2025
The ECHA has added 5 new hazardous chemicals to the SVHC Candidate list, bringing the total number of entries to 247. One other chemical was updated to reflect its endocrine disrupting properties.
Requirement Summary and Effective Dates:
On January 21st, 2025, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced the addition of five hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List of SVHCs (Substances of Very High Concern), effective immediately.
The table below shows the added 5 SVHCs.
Substance Name | CAS number | Reason for Inclusion |
|---|---|---|
6-[(C10-C13)-alkyl-(branched, unsaturated)-2,5-dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl]hexanoic acid | 2156592-54-8 | Toxic for reproduction |
O,O,O-triphenyl phosphorothioate | 597-82-0 | Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, PBT |
Octamethyltrisiloxane | 107-51-7 | Very persistent, very bioaccumulative, vPvB |
Perfluamine | 338-83-0 | Very persistent, very bioaccumulative, vPvB |
Reaction mass of: triphenylthiophosphate and tertiary butylated phenyl derivatives | 192268-65-8 | Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic, PBT |
The below entry was previously included in the Candidate list and was updated to show that it has endocrine disrupting properties.
| / | Endocrine disrupting properties |
For more information, see text of
ECHA/NR/25/02: ECHA adds five hazardous chemicals to the Candidate List and updates one entry: https://echa.europa.eu/-/echa-adds-five-hazardous-chemicals-to-the-candidate-list-and-updates-one-entry
The full SVHC Candidate list: https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table
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