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  • One substance in PRIO updated with the reference Candidate List

    In June 2024 the European Chemicals Agency ECHA updated the Candidate List with one new substance of very high concern (SVHC): Bis(α,α-dimethylbenzyl) peroxide, EC-number 201-279-3, CAS-number 80-43-3 This substance were already included in the PRIO database at the priority level phase-out substance since it has a harmonized classification as reproductive toxicant (Repr. 1B). The substance has been updated with the reference REACH Regulation (EC No 1907/2006), Candidate List.

  • Version history of criteria updates in PRIO

    We have now published information about which criteria changes have been made in PRIO since the new launch in October 2020. You can find the information on Start/PRIO criteria for phase-out substances and priority risk-reduction substances.

  • Bisphenols new substance group in PRIO

    PRIO has been updated with a new substance group, Bisphenols, which includes around 20 structurally similar substances. The new substance group facilitates the identification of substances which, for example, are structurally similar to bisphenol A, and which are covered by PRIO's criteria. Read more about substance groups in PRIO

  • PRIO is updated with 2022 Products Register data

    PRIO is updated with the 2022 reported Products register data. The Swedish Chemicals Agency's Products register contains information on the use of substances in chemical products manufactured in or importeted to Sweden.

  • The PRIO tool has been updated with new criteria

    Two new criteria have been introduced in PRIO and three existing criteria have been updated. The new and updated criteria in PRIO are a consequence of the four new hazard classes being adopted and implemented in the CLP regulation. The changes mean that more substances with environmental and health hazards are covered by the criteria in PRIO and several new substances have been added to the database. Two new criteria PMT/vPvM - substances that are persistent, mobile and toxic or very persistent and very mobile at the phase-out substance level Potential endocrine disrupting – substances that are suspected endocrine disruptors for human health or the environment at the priority risk-reduction substance level Changes to three existing criteria PBT/vPvB – substances that are persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative at the phase-out substance level Potential PBT/vPvB - substances that are suspected to be persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent and very bioaccumulative at the priority risk-reduction substance level Endocrine disrupting – substances that are endocrine disruptors for human health or the environment at the phase-out substance level Read more about the PRIO criteria for phase-out substances and priority risk-reduction substances

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