The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has added n-hexane and Bisphenol AF & its salts to the REACH Candidate list, bringing the total number of SVHCs up to 253.
Background
On 4 February 2026, the ECHA added two new Substances of Very High Concern to the ECHA candidate list, now consisting of 253 substances.
Substance n-hexane is used in different applications such as solvent, diluent, cleaning or degreasing agent, carrier, denaturing agent in some alcohol preparations, a carrier/propellant agent in some perfumes or solvent in inks or glues.
Bisphenol AF and derivatives might be used as monomers in plastics and polycarbonate. The substance is used as a reactive process regulator in polymer materials and in rubber production and processing. BPAF is further used as a crosslinking agent for certain fluor elastomers and as a monomer for polyimides, polyamides, polyesters, polycarbonate copolymers and other specialty polymers.
Once a substance is put on the Candidate List, producers, importers, or suppliers have information obligations if the article contains more than 0.1% of a SVHC. Notification of the ECHA is required as well if the total amount of the specific SVHC exceeds 1 ton/ year. Apart of this, article suppliers may also need to notify SVHC in their articles (if more than 0.1%) to ECHA’s SCIP database under the Waste Framework Directive.
Substance name | EC number | CAS number | Reason for inclusion |
n-hexane | 203-777-6 | 110-54-3 | specific target organ toxicity after repeated exposure (Article 57(f) - human health) |
4,4'-[2,2,2-trifluoro-1-(trifluoromethyl)ethylidene]diphenol and its salts (Bisphenol AF and salts) | - | - | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) |
The current SVHC Candidate list: https://echa.europa.eu/de/candidate-list-table
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