July 27, 2015
The European Chemicals Agency's Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) has adopted the following opinions on restrictions for:
- Bisphenol A
- French proposal to restrict the placing on the market of bisphenol A containing thermal paper (e.g., point of sale tickets and receipts), which may pose risk for workers. A discussion by the Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) has been set for September 2015, with its final opinion expected to be released December 2015.
- decaBDE
- ECHA proposal to restrict DecaBDE as flame retardant in substances, mixtures and articles, as it has been classified as persistent, bio-accumulative and toxic (PBT) and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB)
- It has agreed on these applications for authorization
- Seven draft opinions on seven uses of trichloroethylene (TCE)
- Draft opinion on the industrial use of lead chromate in delay devices in naval decoys
- The Committee has also developed hazard reference values for
- Carcinogenicity dose-response relationship for 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC
- DNEL for bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether (Diglyme)
- It has adopted opinions on harmonized classification and labeling (CLH) of these substances:
- Quinolin-8-ol
- Salicylic acid
- Terbuthylazine
- Triadimenol
- Dichlofluanid
- Cyanamide
- Tefluthrin