Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022

February 7, 2023

The proposed Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022, would further restrict the manufacture, use, sale, and import of the following three groups of oil and water repellents:

perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts, and its precursors (PFOS); perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts, and its precursors (PFOA); and long-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids, their salts, and their precursors (PFCA); and two flame retardants (HBCD; PBDEs)

With a few exceptions, the new rules would also limit the use of Dechlorane Plus (DP) and Decabromodiphenyl Ethane (DBDPE), two more flame retardants, as well as products that contain them.

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