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Managing undesirable substances

Managing undesirable substances. Danish risk management strategies for 40 undesirable substances Peter H. Schaarup – Danish EPA Chemicals. Background. Background for the list of undesirable substances. First published in 1997 A guidance to developers in the industry and to importers

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Managing undesirable substances

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  1. Managing undesirable substances Danish risk management strategies for 40 undesirable substances Peter H. Schaarup – Danish EPA Chemicals

  2. Background Background for the list of undesirable substances • First published in 1997 • A guidance to developers in the industry and to importers • Revised 3 times • The current 2009-list contains 40 substances THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  3. Criteria • Properties of concern as SVHC. Including CMR cat. 2(3) • CMR identifiedusing QSAR • PBT/vPvB as identified by EU • Substances on EU ”Priority list for furtherevaluation as endocrinedisruptors • Subject of particularfocus in DK • Used in more than 100 tons pr. year • According to Danish Product Register. THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  4. The LOUS-project • Budget: 6,4 million € in the period 2012-2015 • Political status: agreement from all political parties • Phase 1 - SurveyData collection/review/RMO of all 40 substances/groups of substances - 10 substances/groups of substances each year • Phase 2 - StrategyBased on phase 1, development of future strategy for each substance/groups of substances (e.g. regulation, classification, substitution, information, waste strategy etc.) • Phase 3 - ImplementationImplementation of strategy THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  5. Strategies - Method THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  6. A blended cocktail The first round (Group I) • Alkylphenols og alkylphenolethoxylates • 2,5 Di-tert-butylhydroquinone • Bisphenol A • Bisphenyl-A diglycidylether polymer (BADGE) • Cadmium and cadmium compounds • 1,6 hexandioldiglycidylether • Methanol • Parabens • PFOS/PFOA and otherperfluorinatedcompounds • N-tert-butyl… (Cybutryne) THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  7. THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES

  8. To come Next step: Implementation of 43 projects The transformation of strategies to RMO’s THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 8

  9. Second Round Survey end 2013 - Strategies early 2014 Phenol Mineral turpentine, solvent naphtha (crude oil) Lead and lead compounds Copper(I)oxide, copper (II)sulphate, copper(I)chloride Trisodium nitrilotriacetate DEP; DIPP; DPHP; DMEP; 1,2-benzendicarboxylic acid (di-C8-10 branched alkyl esther); 1,2-benzendicarboxylic acid (di-C9-11-branched alkyl esther) Isocyanates – MDI and TDI Certain brominated flame retardants Mercury and mercury compounds MTBE Tris(2-chloro-1-methylethyl)phosphate Group II of the list of undesirable substances THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 9

  10. Third Round Survey mid 2014 - Strategies early 2015 n-hexane 2,2’-Iminodiethanol Styrene, toluene N,N-dimethylformamide C.I. Pigment yellow 34 (lead sulfochromate) Chloroparaffins (short-chained and medium-chained) Fluorinated greenhouse gases (HFC’s, PFC’s, sulphurhexafluoride) Benzyl chloride Formaldehyde Group III of the list of undesirable substances THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 10

  11. Fourth Round Survey end 2014 - Strategies end 2015 Perfumes Boron compounds 2,3 epoxypropyl neodecanoate Manganese(II)sulfate 1-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone Molybdenum trioxide Naphtalene Sodium and calcium hypochlorite Nickel Biphenyl Group IV of the list of undesirable substances THE LOUS-PROJECT – MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE SUBSTANCES PAGE 11

  12. Follow us on:http://www.mst.dk/English/Chemicals/assessment_of_chemicals/LOUS_2012_2015/ Peter H. Schaarup Principal Consultant Strandgade 29 DK-1401 Copenhagen K Denmark Phone: +45 72 54 41 46 E-mail: pehsc@mst.dk www.mst.dk THE LOUS-PROJECT – STRATEGIES FOR THE DANISH LIST OF UNDESIRABLE S SUBSTANCES

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