TGA News Issue 52 (March 2007) - Chemicals
Updated publications
Since the last issue of TGA News, the ADI List, the ARfD List and the FAISD Handbook have all been updated.
The brochure Termite protection: available treatments and hazard information about termiticides has been updated, with a new chemical (chlorfluazuron) added.
New chemicals information
New information available on the NICNAS website <http://www.nicnas.gov.au> includes
- Formaldehyde Report
- Final Report of the Existing Chemicals Assessment Program Review
- Alert 5 (PFOS and PFAS)
- Alert 6 (PFOA and PFCA)
- Information Sheet: Summary of call for information on the use of Nanomaterials
- Information Sheet: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
- Interim Public Health Risk Assessment of Certain PBDE Congeners
UV filters in cosmetics
The purpose of this notice is to draw to the attention of companies interested in introducing new ultraviolet (UV) filters for cosmetic use that the arrangements for notification of these chemicals have been changed.
Interested parties are referred to the Chemical Gazette Notice 2 January 2007, which outlines the current arrangements for new UV filters. <http://www.nicnas.gov.au>
Octabromodiphenyl ether
Octabromodiphenyl ether was declared a Priority Existing Chemical (PEC) on 3 January 2006 for a full risk assessment. Octabromodiphenyl ether has been a PEC for 12 months and no applications for assessment have been received. This indicates that this chemical is not imported into or manufactured in Australia. Therefore, the Director, NICNAS, has removed octabromodiphenyl ether from the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances (AICS).
For more details, see the February 2007 Chemical Gazette, available from the NICNAS website <http://www.nicnas.gov.au>.