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Regulatory Tracker

Explore chemical controls, their scope and the sources behind them.

Imported research draft · review pending. This is a supplied snapshot, not live regulatory monitoring or a completed EcoSafe human review. Selected chemical controls and authorities for review. Bans, restrictions, authorisation, reporting, warnings, proposals and future-effective measures are different. Confirm exact identity, product/use, concentration basis, exemptions and current legal text before a compliance decision.
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45 of 45 regulatory entries

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Status text below is supplied research. Open an entry for its exact scope, exceptions, dates and source links. CAS examples for chemical groups do not define legal coverage.

Nonylphenols / nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs)

Supplied status: Reporting in force; separate SNUR remains proposed; no blanket federal ban established by these sources

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Class; match individual CAS to the applicable list
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
13 specified NPEs under TRI at covered facilities; separate 2014 TSCA proposal covers 15 NP/NPEs no longer in commerce.
Requirements
TRI reporting applies from reporting year 2019 (first reports July 1, 2020), subject to facility and activity thresholds. Proposed SNUR would require 90-day advance notice for specified new/resumed uses.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
TRI is not a product-content prohibition. Voluntary detergent phaseouts and Safer Choice criteria are not universal legal bans.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

1,4-Dioxane

Supplied status: Product concentration restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
123-91-1
Authority
NYSDEC
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Household cleansing products, personal care products and cosmetics sold/offered for sale in New York.
Requirements
Household cleansing and personal care: maximum 1 ppm since December 31, 2023. Cosmetics: maximum 10 ppm since December 31, 2022. Implementing regulations adopted September 18, 2024; May 2025 review retained limits.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
All waivers expired by December 30, 2025. Scope exclusions include industrial-manufacturing process cleaners and primarily pesticidal products; category definitions matter. Not a federal all-use ban.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Intentionally added PFAS

Supplied status: Product-category prohibitions and reporting in force; broader future phase-in

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Class; statutory definition, not a single CAS
Authority
MPCA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
New products sold/distributed in 11 categories: carpets/rugs, cleaners, cookware, cosmetics, floss, fabric treatments, juvenile products, menstruation products, textile furnishings, ski wax, upholstered furniture.
Requirements
Category prohibitions began January 1, 2025. Product reports due September 15, 2026; approved 90-day extensions run to December 14, 2026. Broader January 1, 2032 prohibition has currently-unavoidable-use exceptions.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Temporary exceptions include certain internal/electronic components and vehicles. Intentional addition is not identical to any detectable PFAS. Separate pesticide provisions exist.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFAS covered by TSCA section 8(a)(7)

Supplied status: Reporting rule; submission timing amended; scope revisions proposed

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Class defined by molecular structures in rule
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
2023 rule covers manufacturers/importers, including PFAS-containing article importers, for historical activity since January 1, 2011.
Requirements
April 13, 2026 final amendment starts submissions January 31, 2027 or 60 days after the subsequently specified effective date, whichever is earlier. Reporting windows: six months generally; twelve months for qualifying small manufacturers reporting exclusively as article importers.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
November 2025 exemptions (including imported articles and <=0.1% mixtures) remain described as proposed on EPA's current page. Do not treat them as final or use the superseded October 13, 2026 deadline. Recheck for a subsequent final scope/date rule.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)

Supplied status: Use prohibitions plus controlled continuing uses

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
75-09-2
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
TSCA-covered consumer and industrial/commercial uses.
Requirements
2024 rule prohibits manufacture/processing/distribution for all consumer uses and most industrial/commercial uses; most prohibited commercial uses ended after April 28, 2026. Remaining specified uses require WCPP and records/downstream notices.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Not an all-use ban. November 2025 final extension gives non-federal labs initial monitoring November 9, 2026, exposure-limit/regulated-area compliance February 8, 2027 and exposure-control plan May 10, 2027.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Trichloroethylene (TCE)

Supplied status: Final phased prohibitions; specific exemption conditions postponed; additional extension proposed

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
79-01-6
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
TSCA-covered manufacture, processing and uses, with longer transitions for selected critical activities.
Requirements
December 2024 final rule prohibits most uses and phases out others. October 14, 2026 proposal would shift certain December 18, 2026 processing/processing-aid/wastewater deadlines to December 31, 2027 and shift the first HFC-134a intermediate step-down; proposal is not operative law.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
May 2026 postponement concerns conditions attached to section 6(g) exemptions pending judicial review, not the entire ban. Critical infrastructure uses and essential laboratory/cleanup activities have separate timeframes. Verify the precise use against the rule and judicial status.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Perchloroethylene (PCE; tetrachloroethylene)

Supplied status: Final phased restrictions; future consumer/commercial prohibitions; compliance dates amended

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
127-18-4
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Consumer products, specified commercial uses and dry cleaning; selected industrial uses continue under controls.
Requirements
Consumer retail distribution prohibited after March 8, 2027; prohibited industrial/commercial uses after June 7, 2027. Newly acquired dry-cleaning machines covered from June 16, 2025; all dry cleaning/spot cleaning phased out after December 19, 2034.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Products at <=0.1% PCE excluded. July 2026 final WCPP extension: non-federal initial monitoring June 21, 2027, ECEL/areas/training/PPE September 20, 2027, exposure-control plan December 20, 2027. Reconsideration is not repeal; use-specific exceptions remain.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE)

Supplied status: Prohibition with exemptions and phased uses

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
1163-19-5
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Chemical and products/articles containing the flame retardant under TSCA.
Requirements
2021 manufacture/import, processing and distribution prohibitions, with use-specific transitions. November 2024 amendments effective January 21, 2025 permit unintentional content below 0.1% by weight; intentional addition in non-excluded uses remains prohibited.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Transport replacement parts, legacy pallets and nuclear wire/cable have distinct exclusions or service-life deadlines. The 0.1% threshold applies to each article, not dilution across a complex assembly.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) / PIP (3:1)

Supplied status: Processing/distribution restrictions with extensive exceptions

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
68937-41-7
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Flame-retardant/plasticizer products and articles; TSCA 40 CFR 751.407.
Requirements
General covered-article processing prohibition after October 31, 2024; distribution prohibition after October 31, 2026. Unintentional content below 0.1% by weight allowed under amendment effective January 21, 2025.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Not a general manufacture ban. Circuit boards/wire harnesses, aerospace/turbine lubricants and other specified uses have exclusions; other equipment and transport uses have longer deadlines. Intentional addition is not protected by the 0.1% allowance.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Formaldehyde

Supplied status: Emission standard, not a content ban

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
50-00-0
Authority
EPA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
TSCA Title VI regulated composite wood panels, components and finished goods.
Requirements
Emission limits: hardwood plywood 0.05 ppm; particleboard 0.09 ppm; MDF 0.11 ppm; thin MDF 0.13 ppm. Certification, labeling and recordkeeping requirements accompany limits.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
These are test-chamber air emission values, not ppm formaldehyde in wood. Limited NAF/ULEF testing/certification exemptions and laminated-product rules apply. EPA announced an additional quality-control method October 23, 2026, not a new blanket ban.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Lead

Supplied status: Product concentration restrictions in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
7439-92-1 (element; limits measure lead)
Authority
CPSC
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Accessible substrates in children's products; paints/surface coatings for children's products, certain furniture and household paint.
Requirements
Generally 100 ppm total lead in accessible children's-product components (100 ppm regime since August 14, 2011); 90 ppm in covered paint/surface coatings.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Inaccessible components and specific statutory/regulatory exclusions require assessment. A coating cannot simply be used to make lead-containing material inaccessible. Substrate and surface-coating limits are different tests; not a ban on every lead-containing industrial material.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Eight restricted phthalates: DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIBP, DPENP, DHEXP, DCHP

Supplied status: Product concentration prohibitions in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Multiple substances; identify each phthalate separately
Authority
CPSC
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Children's toys and child-care articles; accessible plasticized components.
Requirements
Each listed phthalate must not exceed 0.1% (1000 ppm) in a covered accessible component; 16 CFR part 1307 / CPSIA section 108.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
This is not an across-all-products phthalate ban or a sum-of-all-phthalates threshold. Product age/use and accessibility definitions matter; ordinary footwear is not automatically a toy/child-care article.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Mercury compounds

Supplied status: Cosmetic ingredient restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Class; mercury measured as metal (element CAS 7439-97-6)
Authority
FDA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Cosmetics under 21 CFR 700.13.
Requirements
Eye-area products may use mercury preservative at no more than 65 ppm as metal only when no other effective and safe preservative is available. Other cosmetics may contain only unavoidable trace mercury below 1 ppm under good manufacturing practice.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Not a general mercury ban. Stricter state cosmetic laws may independently apply; eye-product exception is narrow.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Chloroform

Supplied status: Use-specific prohibition in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
67-66-3
Authority
FDA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
Cosmetics, 21 CFR 700.18.
Requirements
Use as a cosmetic ingredient prohibited.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Residual amounts from use as a processing solvent during manufacture or as a byproduct of ingredient synthesis are excepted. Do not extend this cosmetics prohibition to all industrial uses.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Respirable crystalline silica (quartz, cristobalite, tridymite)

Supplied status: Occupational exposure restriction, not a material/product ban

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Quartz 14808-60-7; other forms have different CAS numbers
Authority
OSHA
Legal basis
Not separately normalized; see requirements and linked sources.
Scope
General industry/maritime under 29 CFR 1910.1053; construction has a separate standard.
Requirements
Permissible exposure limit: 50 micrograms/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted average. Monitoring, engineering/work-practice controls and other duties depend on exposure conditions.
Effective dates / transitions
Not separately normalized; dates may appear in requirements or caveats. No deadline has been inferred.
Exceptions & caveats
Airborne respirable fraction is regulated; bulk silica content alone does not establish exposure compliance. Mining and state-plan requirements must be checked separately.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPE)

Supplied status: Restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
25154-52-3 (NP); NPE group has no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 46
Scope
Selected cleaning, textile/leather processing, metalworking, pulp/paper, cosmetics/personal care and pesticide/biocide co-formulant uses.
Requirements
Prohibits marketing/use as substances or mixtures at ≥0.1% w/w in the listed uses.
Effective dates / transitions
Long-standing restriction; current entry applies.
Exceptions & caveats
Listed closed-loop/process-water exceptions and spermicides exception; scope is not every industrial use.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Nonylphenol ethoxylates — washable textiles

Supplied status: Restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Group; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 46a; Regulation (EU) 2016/26
Scope
Textile articles reasonably expected to be washed in water; includes relevant textile parts.
Requirements
No placing on market at ≥0.01% w/w of the textile article or each part.
Effective dates / transitions
After 3 February 2021.
Exceptions & caveats
Second-hand textiles and new articles made exclusively from recycled textiles without NPE use excluded; textile definition requires ≥80% textile fibres.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated

Supplied status: Authorisation requirement

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Group; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XIV entry 43; Regulation (EU) 2017/999
Scope
Exact Annex XIV group covers specified 4-position nonylphenol ethoxylates, including polymers/homologues and isomers.
Requirements
Authorisation regime for covered uses/placing on market for use; not a universal ban on all NPE-containing articles.
Effective dates / transitions
Sunset 4 January 2021; latest application date 4 July 2019.
Exceptions & caveats
Check specific use authorisations, timely pending applications and REACH exemptions. Imported articles are not automatically subject to the authorisation requirement.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFAS — proposed universal restriction

Supplied status: Proposal / assessment; not a blanket EU ban

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Large structural class; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Proposed REACH Annex XVII restriction
Scope
Broad PFAS manufacture, marketing and uses; distinct from enacted substance- and sector-specific controls.
Requirements
No universal binding concentration limit or implementation date established by the proposal itself.
Effective dates / transitions
Submitted January 2023; RAC opinion adopted March 2026; SEAC final opinion expected by end-2026 in cited ECHA update.
Exceptions & caveats
Do not label all PFAS banned. Proposed exemptions and transitions are not enacted permissions. Existing narrower rules remain binding.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFAS — food-contact packaging

Supplied status: Sector restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Structural class; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Regulation (EU) 2025/40 Article 5(5) (PPWR)
Scope
Food-contact packaging placed on EU market.
Requirements
No marketing at ≥25 ppb any targeted PFAS, ≥250 ppb targeted sum (both exclude polymers), or ≥50 ppm PFAS including polymers.
Effective dates / transitions
From 12 August 2026.
Exceptions & caveats
50 ppm is a PFAS limit, not simply a total-fluorine ban. Total fluorine >50 mg/kg triggers proof on PFAS/non-PFAS fluorine content upon request. Other EU prohibitions also apply.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFAS — firefighting foam

Supplied status: Adopted restriction; phased application

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Structural class; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 82; Regulation (EU) 2025/1988
Scope
Foams, concentrates and foam solutions.
Requirements
General marketing/use prohibition at ≥1 mg/L sum PFAS from 23 October 2030.
Effective dates / transitions
Portable-extinguisher marketing transition ended 23 October 2026; alcohol-resistant portable foams: 23 April 2027. Training/public fire-service use: 23 April 2027; portable use: 31 December 2030. Certain major-hazard/offshore/vessel uses: 23 October 2035.
Exceptions & caveats
From 23 October 2026 specified continued uses require controls, management plans and labelling. Cleaned-equipment fluorine-free foam derogation: ≤50 mg/L, excluding portable extinguishers. POPs/other PFAS restrictions remain separate.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFHxA, its salts and PFHxA-related substances

Supplied status: Restriction in force; phased scope

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
307-24-4 (PFHxA); others
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 79; Regulation (EU) 2024/2462
Scope
Consumer clothing/accessories/footwear; food-contact paper/cardboard; consumer mixtures and cosmetics; specified firefighting uses.
Requirements
≥25 ppb sum PFHxA/salts or ≥1,000 ppb related substances prohibited; consumer-product measurement in homogeneous material.
Effective dates / transitions
Consumer categories from 10 October 2026; other consumer textiles 10 October 2027. Specified training/public-service foams from 10 April 2026; civil-aviation foams 10 October 2029.
Exceptions & caveats
Specified Category III PPE, medical/IVD devices and construction textiles excluded from consumer paragraphs. Prior-marketed articles/mixtures have specified exemptions; contained functional testing and certain industrial-fire responses excepted.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFOA, salts and PFOA-related compounds

Supplied status: POPs prohibition with trace exemptions

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
335-67-1 (PFOA); others
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 Annex I; 2020/784 and subsequent amendments
Scope
Manufacture, placing on market and use, including substances, mixtures and articles.
Requirements
General unintentional trace exemptions: ≤0.025 mg/kg PFOA/any salt; ≤1 mg/kg individual or combined related compounds. These are not intentional-use allowances.
Effective dates / transitions
PFOA listing applies from 4 July 2020.
Exceptions & caveats
Articles already in use before 4 July 2020 and specific derogations apply. Updated foam UTCs include ≤1 mg/kg PFOA/salts and ≤10 mg/kg related compounds in installed systems until 3 August 2028; consult current Annex I for full scope.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

1,4-Dioxane

Supplied status: SVHC + sector prohibition; wider restriction work

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
123-91-1
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Candidate List; Cosmetics Regulation (EC) 1223/2009 Annex II entry 343 / Article 17
Scope
Industrial chemical/impurity; cosmetics subject to separate ingredient prohibition.
Requirements
SVHC listing is not a general industrial ban. Intentional cosmetic ingredient prohibited; technically unavoidable safe traces under GMP may be permitted. SCCS ≤10 ppm opinion is guidance, not a universal statutory EU product limit.
Effective dates / transitions
Candidate List since 8 July 2021. ECHA April 2026 notice describes evidence gathering for possible PET-lifecycle restriction.
Exceptions & caveats
Prior restriction intention withdrawn; renewed work does not establish an enacted blanket restriction. Candidate List triggers applicable information/notification duties (including article >0.1% w/w obligations).
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasing substances

Supplied status: Emission restriction in force; vehicle transition

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
50-00-0 (formaldehyde); others
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 77; Regulation (EU) 2023/1464
Scope
Articles releasing formaldehyde into indoor air; separately road vehicles.
Requirements
No article marketing if Appendix 14 test emissions exceed 0.062 mg/m³ for furniture/wood-based articles or 0.080 mg/m³ for other articles.
Effective dates / transitions
Article restriction after 6 August 2026. Vehicle interior limit 0.062 mg/m³ after 6 August 2027.
Exceptions & caveats
Excludes specified naturally occurring-only, outdoor-only, no-public-exposure industrial/professional, second-hand and separately regulated articles; consult full exclusions. Emission limits are not material-content limits.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Cyclic siloxanes D4, D5 and D6

Supplied status: Restriction in force; phased exceptions

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
556-67-2; 541-02-6; 540-97-6
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 70; Regulation (EU) 2024/1328
Scope
Substances on their own, constituents and mixtures; dry-cleaning solvents.
Requirements
Marketing restriction at ≥0.1% w/w of each respective siloxane.
Effective dates / transitions
General rule after 6 June 2026; D4/D5 wash-off cosmetics since 31 January 2020; other cosmetics after 6 June 2027; medical/IVD/medicinal products after 6 June 2031; D5 dry-cleaning transition to 6 June 2034.
Exceptions & caveats
Specified industrial uses, controlled recycling dry-cleaning and residual-polymer/particular-use derogations apply; not a ban on all silicone polymers.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

DEHP, DBP, BBP and DIBP

Supplied status: Restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
117-81-7; 84-74-2; 85-68-7; 84-69-5
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 51; Regulation (EU) 2018/2005
Scope
Plasticised materials in articles, including toys/childcare articles.
Requirements
Marketing restriction at ≥0.1% w/w individually or combined, measured in plasticised material; toy/childcare use restrictions also apply.
Effective dates / transitions
Expanded article restriction after 7 July 2020.
Exceptions & caveats
Specified industrial/agricultural/outdoor non-contact articles, legacy aircraft/vehicles and repairs, measuring devices and separately regulated products have exclusions. Not every phthalate or every application is banned.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Intentionally added synthetic polymer microparticles

Supplied status: Restriction in force; use-specific transitions

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
Class; no single CAS
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 78; Regulation (EU) 2023/2055
Scope
Defined microparticles on their own or in mixtures to confer a sought-after characteristic; not all plastic articles.
Requirements
General placing-on-market prohibition at ≥0.01% w/w, subject to particle/polymer definition.
Effective dates / transitions
First measures 17 October 2023; rinse-off cosmetics 17 October 2027; leave-on 17 October 2029; make-up/lip/nail cosmetics 17 October 2035.
Exceptions & caveats
Natural unmodified, sufficiently soluble/degradable and non-carbon polymers excluded; industrial-site and permanently incorporated/contained uses have derogations and information/reporting duties. Product-specific transitions must be checked.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Bisphenol A (BPA) — food-contact materials

Supplied status: Sector prohibition; transitions/derogations

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
80-05-7
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, corrected by Regulation (EU) 2026/250
Scope
Specified food-contact adhesives, rubbers, ion-exchange resins, plastics, printing inks, silicones, varnishes/coatings.
Requirements
Prohibits BPA use in manufacturing covered materials/articles and marketing those made using BPA, except authorised Annex II uses.
Effective dates / transitions
General first-market transition ended 20 July 2026; specified food packaging/professional equipment transition to 20 January 2028. Corrected ordinary repeat-use sell-through to 20 July 2027; professional equipment to 20 January 2029.
Exceptions & caveats
Additional single-use filling/sealing and stock exhaustion provisions apply. Annex II narrowly permits listed uses with conditions; not an all-use BPA ban. Other hazardous bisphenols have separate conditions.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP)

Supplied status: Conditional restriction in force

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
872-50-4
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
REACH Annex XVII entry 71; Regulation (EU) 2018/588
Scope
NMP as a substance or in mixtures at ≥0.3%; manufacture, use and supply.
Requirements
Relevant safety documentation must include worker DNELs of 14.4 mg/m³ inhalation and 4.8 mg/kg/day dermal; operational/risk-management measures must keep exposure below these.
Effective dates / transitions
After 9 May 2020; wire-coating solvent/reactant transition ended 9 May 2024.
Exceptions & caveats
This is conditional safe-use control, not a blanket solvent ban. Other classification, workplace and consumer-supply duties may independently apply.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs)

Supplied status: Restricted / notification and handling

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
26571-11-9; 27177-08-8; 20427-84-3; 104-35-8
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class II Specified Chemical Substance No. 24
Scope
C9-alkylphenyl poly(oxyethylene) ethers: manufacture/import quantity notifications; handling guidance and labeling cover NPE and designated water-based cleaning agents.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2025-04-01
Exceptions & caveats
Not a blanket ban. NPE is not nonylphenol itself; statutory name, not an example CAS, defines coverage.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Nonylphenol / C9 alkylphenols

Supplied status: Reporting / SDS

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
25154-52-3
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
PRTR-SDS Law; Class I designated chemical (management No. 320)
Scope
Release/transfer reporting for covered operators and SDS obligations for covered supplied chemicals.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Current PRTR list applies from 2023-04-01
Exceptions & caveats
Not NPE; not established as a blanket national ban by these sources. Historical Class II monitoring classification must not be presented as current CSCL Class II specified status.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

1,4-Dioxane

Supplied status: Water / effluent limits; not blanket banned

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
123-91-1
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Water Pollution Control Act; environmental water-quality standards
Scope
National general effluent limit 0.5 mg/L; environmental water-quality standard 0.05 mg/L.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Environmental standard 2009-11-30; effluent control introduced 2012
Exceptions & caveats
Different regulatory matrices. Neither number is a general consumer-product limit; local discharge rules may be stricter.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFOS and its salts; PFOSF separately covered

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
1763-23-1; 307-35-7
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Manufacture/import permission regime, use restrictions and designated-product import controls.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2010-04
Exceptions & caveats
Not all PFAS. Legacy products require handling/disposal analysis; substance prohibition does not automatically outlaw possession or use of every legacy article.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFOA, salts, branched isomers and designated PFOA-related compounds

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
335-67-1
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Manufacture/import/use controls and import restrictions on designated products; technical handling standards for specified firefighting products.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
PFOA/salts 2021-10; branched isomers/salts 2024-09-10; related compounds 2025-01-10
Exceptions & caveats
8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol exception removed by 2025-12 amendment. Do not apply old derogations. Related compounds have their own statutory definitions.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFHxS, its isomers and their salts

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
355-46-4
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Manufacture/import/use controls; designated products include specified repellency, coating and firefighting applications.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Substance 2024-02-01; designated-product import controls 2024-06-01
Exceptions & caveats
Parent/salts designation predates the separate 2026 related-compound designation.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Designated PFHxS-related compounds

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle — effective

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Manufacture/import/use controls; ten designated product classes subject to import ban, including treated repellent fabric. Specified firefighting products have handling standards.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2026-06-17
Exceptions & caveats
Use the ministerial-ordinance list and structural scope; not every PFAS. Final June implementation corroborated by NITE update.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

PFOS + PFOA in drinking water

Supplied status: Mandatory drinking-water standard; separate ambient guideline

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
1763-23-1; 335-67-1
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Water Supply Act / water-quality ordinances
Scope
Combined PFOS+PFOA must be at most 50 ng/L (0.00005 mg/L); testing and compliance obligations for water suppliers. Public waters/groundwater have a separate 50 ng/L guideline.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2026-04-01
Exceptions & caveats
Not total PFAS, not an industrial-effluent limit or product-content limit. Drinking-water value is no longer merely a provisional target.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

UV-328

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
25973-55-1
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Import bans cover lubricating oils, prepared plastic UV-absorber additives, paints/varnishes, adhesives/tape and sealing fillers.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Substance 2025-02-18; designated-product imports 2025-06-18
Exceptions & caveats
Exact product category matters; do not infer a blanket ban on every finished article.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Dechlorane Plus

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle; narrow exception

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
13560-89-9
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I
Scope
Controls include lubricants, resin flame-retardant preparations, electrical/electronic parts, silicone rubber, adhesives/tape.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Substance 2025-02-18; designated-product imports 2025-06-18
Exceptions & caveats
Specified defense-article insulation manufacture is exceptionally permitted only through 2030-02-26; not a general commercial exemption.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Methoxychlor

Supplied status: Prohibited in principle; pesticide sale/use prohibited

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
72-43-5
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I; Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act
Scope
Manufacture/import/use controls under CSCL; separate pesticide controls.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
CSCL 2025-02-18; pesticide sale/use prohibition 2024-12
Exceptions & caveats
Agricultural registration had expired decades earlier; registration expiry is not the same event as the 2024 sale/use prohibition.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Long-chain PFCAs (C9–C21), salts and designated related compounds

Supplied status: Enacted — upcoming, not yet effective

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I amendment
Scope
Upcoming manufacture/import/use controls and designated-product import bans; firefighting-product handling standards.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2026-11-22
Exceptions & caveats
As of 2026-11-03 do not label these new CSCL controls already effective. Confirm related-compound ordinance; not all PFAS.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs)

Supplied status: Enacted — upcoming, not yet effective

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
CSCL Class I amendment
Scope
C14–C17 straight-chain chlorinated paraffins with chlorine at least 45% of molecular weight; upcoming substance and designated-product controls.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
2026-11-22
Exceptions & caveats
Scope is narrower than any material marketed as chlorinated paraffin. Short-chain paraffins have separate existing controls.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Chlorpyrifos

Supplied status: Pesticide ban effective; CSCL controls upcoming

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
2921-88-2
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act; CSCL Class I amendment
Scope
Agricultural pesticide sales/use already prohibited; forthcoming CSCL controls also include import ban on wood insecticides made using it.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
Pesticide sale/use 2026-07-01; CSCL 2026-11-22
Exceptions & caveats
Do not confuse the two dates or imply CSCL was effective in July. Food residue limits are a separate regime.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Asbestos and asbestos-containing products

Supplied status: Prohibited with defined scope

Scope, dates & sources
CAS / identity scope
No individual CAS supplied; check the statutory group definition.
Authority
Not separately identified in this entry; consult the linked text and regional authority references.
Legal basis
Industrial Safety and Health Act / Enforcement Order
Scope
Manufacture, import, transfer, provision and use of asbestos or products containing more than 0.1% by weight prohibited.
Requirements
Not separately normalized; requirements may appear within scope or caveats. Consult the linked text.
Effective dates / transitions
General prohibition 2006-09-01; remaining product derogations ended 2012-03-01
Exceptions & caveats
Existing installed materials require separate survey, demolition and exposure-control measures; do not infer immediate mandatory removal of every existing building material.
Supplied source-check date
2026-11-03 · date pending review

Authorities & regional context

Selected references from the supplied draft. Display order is editorial, not an official ranking.

United States · 5 authority references

EcoSafe regulatory-reference draft; selected industrial/consumer product rules, not an exhaustive inventory or legal advice. Future dates below describe enacted phase-ins unless expressly labelled proposed. Check the actual product, activity, concentration basis, exemptions and current legal text before deciding compliance.

Editorial prioritization for industrial and consumer materials, not a statutory hierarchy. State agencies such as NYSDEC and Minnesota MPCA remain essential; California DTSC is important for Safer Consumer Products. DOT/PHMSA becomes a top-five authority when hazardous-material transport is central.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Primary industrial chemicals authority: TSCA inventory, new chemicals, restrictions and reporting; also pesticides and environmental releases.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Food-contact substances, foods, cosmetics, drugs and medical devices; product-specific ingredient restrictions, not a universal industrial chemical ban list.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Consumer product hazards, children's product lead and phthalates limits, testing and certification.

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Workplace exposure, engineering controls, hazard communication and protective measures; an exposure limit is not a product ban.

California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)

Proposition 65 listing and warning rules have wide materials/supply-chain relevance. Warnings are exposure-based, not blanket sales bans. Enforcement also involves the Attorney General, local prosecutors and qualifying private parties.

Regional research notes

California Proposition 65

Listed-chemical exposure can require a clear and reasonable warning; it is not a blanket ban on listed chemicals or products. Businesses with fewer than 10 employees and exposures within applicable exemptions/safe harbors are treated differently. Warning duty generally begins one year after listing; assess exposure rather than mere presence.

Status labels

Separate prohibited, restricted, reporting, warning, proposed and final-future-effective statuses. An SDS, CAS match or hazard classification alone is not a definitive market-access determination.

Source limitations

Agency summary pages sometimes retain historical deadlines alongside current amendments. Latest final Federal Register text controls over old factsheets. Solvents, PFAS reporting and litigation-sensitive exemptions warrant rechecking immediately before implementation.

European Union · 5 authority references

Selected regulatory reference, not exhaustive and not legal advice. Confirm exact substance identity, supply-chain role, product scope, concentration basis, current consolidated legal text and national rules before a compliance decision. Future dates below are enacted transition milestones, not claims that those future requirements already apply.

Five important institutions/authority groups, not five equivalent pan-EU chemical regulators. Scientific assessors, EU decision-makers and national enforcers have different powers.

European Commission

EU executive / risk manager

Proposes legislation and adopts REACH restrictions/authorisation decisions and sector measures under the applicable procedures. Parliament and Council are co-legislators; the Commission is not the only EU lawmaker.

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

EU chemicals agency / scientific and administrative body

Administers REACH/CLP and related chemical legislation; its committees assess risks and socioeconomic impacts. Does not conduct national enforcement or itself enact blanket EU bans.

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

EU food/feed scientific risk assessor

Assesses chemicals in food/feed, food-contact substances and contaminants; provides scientific advice to risk managers rather than issuing general industrial chemical bans.

European Medicines Agency (EMA)

EU medicines scientific regulator

Evaluates human/veterinary medicines and monitors safety. Commission decides centralised marketing authorisations; EMA is not a general industrial chemicals or cosmetics regulator.

Member-state competent and enforcement authorities

National authorities / authority group

Implement and enforce REACH and sector rules through inspections and penalties; competent authorities also contribute regulatory dossiers. ECHA Forum coordinates enforcement cooperation, not a replacement for national inspectors.

Japan · 5 authority references

Research summary for review, not an exhaustive legal register or legal advice. Check Japanese legal text, exact identity, intended use, concentration, product category and applicable transitions before a compliance decision.

Editorial selection for materials and chemicals; not an official ranking.

METI — Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Regulator

Industrial chemical controls; joint CSCL administration and manufacture/import procedures; PRTR/SDS policy.

MOE — Ministry of the Environment

Regulator

Joint CSCL administration, environmental releases, PRTR, waste, water-quality and PFAS policy.

MHLW — Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

Regulator

Joint CSCL administration; occupational chemical safety, asbestos and health-sector chemical controls.

MAFF — Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Regulator

Agricultural chemical registration and pesticide sale/use restrictions, with MOE responsibilities where applicable.

CAA — Consumer Affairs Agency

Regulator

Food safety standards and evaluation, including food additives; these functions transferred from MHLW on 2024-04-01. Not the general industrial-chemical regulator.

Technical support

NITE — National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

Technical assessment support and chemical information (NITE-CHRIP/J-CHECK), not a sixth rule-making ministry.

Regional research notes

CSCL Class I generally means manufacture/import require permission (prohibited in principle), use restrictions, and import bans for specifically designated products—not a ban on every finished article containing any trace.

CSCL Class II and PRTR Class I are different legal categories. Neither label by itself means banned.

PFAS is a broad family: the controls below cover named substances/groups, not a blanket ban on all PFAS.

CAS numbers are illustrative identifiers; the Japanese statutory chemical definition controls. Mixtures, isomers and salts may have different CAS numbers.

Water-quality standards/guidelines are not product-content limits. Do not use water numbers as permissible product concentrations.

Legacy products, research, designated exceptional uses and unavoidable impurities require separate verification; no universal exemption or trace-concentration safe harbor is asserted.