Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) has announced the correction of two entries in the South Korea’s Toxic Chemical Substance List (TCSL), according to the NIER Notice No.2014-5 on 11 Mar 2014. In accordance with the updated list appropriate compliance actions should be taken under TCCA one month after the notice’s publication.
The correction is for two kinds of toxic substances, their GHS classification and labeling information has also been simultaneously updated in Korea’s GHS Classification List. The changes for the GHS Classification List will be effective immediately after issuance of the NIER Notice No.2014-6. The details of the revised TSCL and the GHS Classification List are summarized in Table 1 as below.
Table 1. Details of Two Revised Entries
| KE-No | Status | Substance name | CAS | Classification | Labeling elements | M factor | |||
| Class | Category | Hazard Statement | Pictogram | Signal Word | |||||
| 97-1-467 | Revised |
Poly (hexamethylenebiguanide) hydrochloride; PHMB |
27083-27-8 32289-58-0 |
Acute oral toxicity (3.1) Acute inhalation toxicity (3.1) Serious eye damage/eye irritation (3.3) Skin sensitization (3.4) Carcinogenicity (3.6) Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure (3.9) Acute aquatic hazard (4.1) Chronic aquatic hazard (4.1) |
4 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 |
H302 H330 H318 H317 H351 H372 H400 H410 |
GHS05 GHS06 GHS08 GHS09 | Danger | 10 |
| Original |
[N,N'''-1,6-hexanediylbis(N'-cyanoguanidine) polymer with 1,6-hexanediamine, hydrochloride] | 27083-27-8 |
Skin corrosion/irritation (3.2) Serious eye damage/eye irritation (3.3) skin sensitization (3.4) Acute aquatic hazard (4.1) |
2 2 1 1 |
H315 H319 H317 H400 |
GHS07 GHS09 | Danger | ||
| 2012-1-643 | Revised |
Polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate; PHMG phosphate Polyhexamethyleneguanidine hydrochloride; PHMG chloride |
89697-78-9 57028-96-3 |
Acute oral toxicity (3.1) Acute inhalation toxicity (3.1) Serious eye damage/eye irritation (3.3) Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure (3.9) Acute aquatic hazard (4.1) Chronic aquatic hazard (4.1) |
4 2 1 1 1 1 |
H302 H330 H318 H317 H351 H372 H400 H410 |
GHS05 GHS06 GHS08 GHS09 | Danger | 10 |
| Original | [Poly(iminocarbonimidoylimino-1,6-hexanediyl) phosphate | 89697-78-9 |
Acute oral toxicity (3.1) Serious eye damage/eye irritation (3.3) Specific target organ toxicity - repeated exposure (3.9) Acute aquatic hazard (4.1) Chronic aquatic hazard (4.1) |
4 1 1 1 1 |
H302 H318 H372 H400 H410 |
GHS05 GHS08 GHS09 | Danger | 10 | |
