Recently, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea (MOEL) announced the names, hazards, risks, and measures taken to protect workers' health for 71 new chemical substances manufactured and imported in the first quarter of 2024. The new chemicals include 27 toxic substances such as lead slag, antimony-rich lead dross (Lead, dross, antimony-rich), and lead refining flue dust (Flue dust, lead refining), which have been confirmed to have acute toxicity, carcinogenicity, or reproductive toxicity among other hazards and risks.
71 substances were added to the Korea Existing Chemicals List (KECL)-Apr 19,2024
Time: Apr 19, 2024
Inventory of Existing Chemical Substances in China (IECSC)Japanese Existing and New Chemical Substances Inventory (ENCS)Korea Existing Chemicals List (KECL)TSCA Chemical Substance InventoryEC Inventory: EINECS/ELINCS/NLPPhilippine Inventory of Chemicals and Chemical Substances (PICCS)EU REACH Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) ListAustralian Inventory of Industrial Chemicals (AIIC)Chemical Substance Inventory in Taiwan, China (TCSI)EU REACH Restriction List (Annex XVII)