56 PFOA-related compounds will be added to the List of Class I Specified Chemical Substances.
8 kinds of products containing the 56 compounds will be prohibited from import.
Two Uses Exempted
As proposed, for these 56 PFOA-related compounds, two uses which cannot be replaced temporarily and are considered not harmful to the environment, will be exempted, including:
- For pharmaceutical manufacturing purposes, produce PFOB using PFOI;
- For invasive and implantable medical device manufacturing purposes, produce PFMA using 8:2FTOH.
Eight Kinds of Products Banned from Import
What’s more, a total of 8 kinds of products containing the 56 compounds will be prohibited from import, including:
- Floor wax
- Textile protectant and antifouling agent
- Water repellent and oil repellent
- Textile products treated with water and oil repellent
- Defoamer
- Laminating agent
- Coating agent for optical fibre or its surface
- Fire extinguishers, extinguishing agents for fire extinguishers and foam extinguishing agents
Reference Links
56 Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA)-Related Compounds Annex A (Elimination) Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in 2019 Japan Passes Partial Revision to Enforcement Ordinance of CSCL, Exercising a Ban on PFOA
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