Chemicals Management Plan: Five Substances to be Added to TSL

Today, the Canadian Government published proposed Orders to add five substances to the Toxic Substances List (three from Batch 4 and two from Batch 5 of the Chemicals Management Plan. The five substances are: diethyl sulfate (a man-made organic chemical widely used to manufacture other chemicals used in a variety of manufacturing processes); dimethyl sulfate (a substance used in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry to prepare dyes, agricultural chemicals, drugs and specialty products); BNST (a substance used in engine oil and industrial lubricants); acrylamide (used to produce polymers used as a binding, thickening or mixing agent in grout, cement, water treatment, pesticides, cosmetics and food manufacturing); and TCEP (a plasticizer and viscosity regulator with flame retardent properties used in textiles, furniture, electronics, and automobiles). Comments on the proposed Orders are due December 2, 2009.