Jul 14, 2022 | South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances
South Korea updates the hazard review of chemical substances

The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).
The main updates are as follows:
- New substances
1) Updates on hazard information: "2017-297 (CAS 12078-25-0)", "2017-1034 (CAS 22029-36-3)", "2018-113 (CAS 34140-91-5)", "2018-654 (CAS 1431957-88-8)", "2021-55 (CAS 85508-44-7)", "2021-116 (CAS 94994-62-4)", "2021-144" and "2021-200 (CAS 27288-07-9)".
2) Addition of 48 substances and their hazard information: from "2022-124" to "2022-171".
- Existing substances
1) Updates on hazard information: "2020-012 (CAS 10043-35-3, CAS 11113-50-1)", "2020-043 (CAS 8001-58-9)", "2021-063 (CAS 85535-85-9)", "2021-133 (CAS 3236-71-3)", "2021-144 (CAS 13360-57-1)", "2021-158 (CAS 75-59-2)", "2021-159 (CAS 75-57-0)".
2) Addition of 88 substances and their hazard information: from "2022-224" to "2022-311".
The amendment came into effect immediately.
We acknowledge that the above information has been compiled from CHEMNAVI
Originally published on Global Product Compliance.
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