Brazil publishes new list of dangerous chemicals

On 17 March 2023 the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) published the Regulatory Instruction No. 10 of March 17, 2023, that establishes an updated list of classification of harmful or dangerous substances according to the risk they produce when coming into contact with water. The standard conforms to the International Code for Chemical Products in Bulk (ICCPB) adopted by Annex II of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution by Ships (ICPPS) of the Committee for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

This regulation classifies chemical products according to the medium or moderate risk to human health or the environment and grants the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, as the authority in the case, the power to classify the products in the corresponding category of the International Code of Chemical Products in bulk or in another category resulting from the risk assessment of the mixture of harmful  substances. To do this, the institute must consider the best technical information available at the time of the evaluation.