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EPA Proposed Requirement for Companies to Report “All Uses” of Five Chemicals

In March 2012 the US EPA proposed that companies be required to report all new uses of five groups of potentially harmful chemicals:

  1. polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDEs)
  2. benzidine dyes
  3. a short chain chlorinated paraffin
  4. hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD)
  5. phthalate di-n-pentyl phthalate (DnPP)
Reported uses are to include domestic or imported products and would require that anyone who intends to manufacture, import, or process any of the chemicals for a new use to submit a notification to EPA 90 days before the activity.Additionally, the EPA is also proposing additional testing on the health and environmental effects of PBDEs. 

For more information visit the EPA’s website.