The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added 20 substances to the Candidate List which now contains 73 Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Among these recent additions, 12 have been included in the Candidate List following the unanimous agreement of the Member State Committee while the other eight, which did not receive comments challenging the identification as SVHC during public consultation, were directly added to the Candidate List.
Also, 19 of the SVHCs are carcinogenic and/or toxic for reproduction. Additionally, for the first time a substance 4-tert-octyl phenol - has been identified as an SVHC because of its endocrine disrupting properties which give rise to an equivalent level of concern due to its probable serious effects to the environment.
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