Seven Proposed SVHC Are Soliciting Public Comments

Sep. 09th, 2015
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On August 31, 2015, seven substances proposed by ECHA, Germany, Austria and Sweden to be identified as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) have been approved and are soliciting public comments. The deadline for commenting is October 15, 2015. These 7 substances are proposed as SVHC because they can be carcinogenic, vPvB, PBT, toxic for reproduction and have probable serious effects to human health. If no objections arise from the public, the number of SVHC included in the Candidate List will increase from 163 to 170 by the end of this year.

Here below is the detailed information on the seven substances.

Name

EC NO.

CAS No.

Proposing Authority

Reason for Proposing

1,3-propanesultone

214-317-9 1120-71-4 ECHA

Carcinogenic (Article 57 a)

2,4-di-tert-butyl-6-(5-chlorobenzotriazol-2-yl)phenol (UV-327)

223-383-8 3864-99-1 Germany

vPvB (Article 57 e)

2-(2H-benzotriazol-2-yl)-4-(tert-butyl)-6-(sec-butyl)phenol (UV-350)

253-037-1 36437-37-3 Germany

vPvB (Article 57 e)

Dicyclohexyl phthalate

201-545-9 84-61-7 Sweden

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c); Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to human health and the environment (Article 57 f)

hexamethylene diacrylate (hexane-1,6-diol diacrylate)

235-921-9 13048-33-4 Sweden

Equivalent level of concern having probable serious effects to human health (Article 57 f)

Nitrobenzene

202-716-0 98-95-3 Austria

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c)

Perfluorononan-1-oic acid (2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,9-heptadecafluorononanoic acid and its sodium and ammonium salts

206-801-3 375-95-1

21049-39-8

4149-60-4

Sweden

Toxic for reproduction (Article 57 c); PBT (Article 57 d)