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Canada Published Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022 Proposed

On May 14, 2022, the proposed Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2022 were published in the in Canada Gazette, Part I. Canada opened 75-day public comment period ending on July 28, 2022 for its proposed regulation. The proposed Regulations would repeal and replace the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012 on the day the final Regulations come into force.

The proposed Regulations would further restrict the manufacture, use, sale and import of the following substances:
— perfluorooctane sulfonate, its salts and its precursors (PFOS)
— perfluorooctanoic acid, which has the molecular formula C7F15CO2H, its salts and precursors (PFOA)
— long chain perfluorocarboxylic acids that have the molecular formula CnF2n+1CO2H in which 8 ≤ n ≤ 20, their salts and precursors (LC-PFCAs)
— hexabromocyclododecane, which has the molecular formula C12H18Br6 (HBCD)
— polybrominated diphenyl ethers, which has the molecular formula C12H(10-n)BrnO in which 4 ≤ n ≤ 10 (PBDEs)

The proposed Regulations would also prohibit the manufacture, use, sale and import of the following substances:
— Dechlorane Plus, which has the molecular formula C18H12Cl12 (DP)
— decabromodiphenyl ethane, which has the molecular formula C14H4Br10 (DBDPE)

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