Thailand: Update of the list of hazardous substances

 

Thailand has published a new Draft Notification of the Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Substances Act.

This draft notification aims at amending the list of hazardous substances under the Hazardous Substances Act. This proposed list involves the revision and  inclusion  of  certain hazardous  substances  on  the  list  of  hazardous  substances annexed to the Notification of Ministry of Industry on List of Hazardous Substances B.E. 2556 (2013) and its last amendments (B.E.2563 (2020)).

Among others, the following changes are made:

• Entry no. 202 triethanolamine, to add the condition under which this chemical will be regulated. The condition is “only concentration >30% w/w”.
• Entry no. 247 benzyl cyanide, to be changed from type 1 to type 3.

Moreover, Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related compounds, which are in the group of persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), are added to the List 5.1.

Perfluorooctanoic  acid  (PFOA), its  salts  and  PFOA-related  substances  which  will  be regulated under this draft Notification include:

(1) perfluorooctanoic acid CAS no. 335-67-1

(2) ammonium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 3825-26-1

(3) sodium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 335-95-5

(4) potassium perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 2395-00-8

(5) silver perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 335-93-3

(6) perfluorooctanoyl fluoride CAS no. 335-66-0

(7) methyl perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 376-27-2

(8) ethyl perfluorooctanoate CAS no. 3108-24-5

The final date for comments to the draft act is the 31 May 2022.

The draft can be found under the following LINK.