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Japan to ban production and import of PFHxS and its salts
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and Ministry of the Environment (MoE) held consultations on 18 February 2023, regarding a ban on the production and import of PFHxS and its salts, as well as the import of some product types containing them, through a partial revision to the Chemical Substance Control Law's (CSCL) Enforcement Ordinance. The action aims to bring the nation into compliance with a global PFHxS ban adopted by the Stockholm Convention on POPs last year.
According to the announcement, comments were given a deadline of 19 March 2023.
The three ministries designated the substance as a Class I specified chemical. According to the CSCL, Class I specified chemicals are those that Japan has determined to be persistent, extremely bioaccumulative, or which have a risk of long-term toxicity to humans.
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