Issue 8/2013 - Canada publishes the 2012 edition of the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations

Canada Publishes 2012 Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations

The Government of Canada has issued an approved Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations (SOR/2012-285)
of 2012.
The new version of the regulation, which will replace the previous 2005 Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulation, came into effect
on 15 March.
The statute is a tool for risk management of multiple substances and aims to prevent potential risks to the Canadian environment and the health of citizens by prohibiting the manufacture, use, sale, offering, importation within Canada of the toxic substances involved in them or products containing these substances (with a certain number of exemptions
).

On the basis of the original regulation, the new regulation adds 4 new toxic substances, namely: alkylated diphenylamine, SCCP chlorinated alkanes, polychlorinated naphthalene and tributyltin compounds, bringing the number of toxic substances in the regulation to 22
.
In addition, the new regulation amends
the reporting and restrictions on HCB from the previous regulation.

In addition to these 22 regulated substances, the regulation also identifies high-risk substances that may be found in consumer products such as plastics, rubber, coatings, pesticides, such as PCBs, nitrosodimethylamine, benzidine and benzidine hydrochloride, PeCB, etc
.
These substances were selected based on information provided from the Toxic Substances List of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act of 1999 (CEPA
).
(Li Tian)