Tag: #EC
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An Update on Titanium Dioxide
Last week, the European Commission (EC) has adopted the 14th adaptation to technical progress (ATP) of the CLP Regulation (“Classification, Labeling, and Packaging”) and included the controversial classification of inhalable powder forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2; CAS 13463-67-7) as a category 2 carcinogen. TiO2 has been in use a whitener, notably for paint, and in the…
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UN’s ECHA Indentifies Gen X Chemicals as SVHCs
GenX Chemical is a brand name for a chemical process that uses a chemical compound, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy) propanoic acid) (FRD-903), which not biodegradable and not hydrolyzed by water, ammonium salt (2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy) propanoate) (FRD-902), and heptafluoropropy 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether (E1). These chemicals have been in use in products supply chain, such as food packaging, paints, cleaning products, and…