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paint and coatings manufacturing: CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT
Chemical Assessment
Top Priority for Chemical Industry in Canada
BY GARY LEROUX
CPCA RECENTLY LAUNCHED a robust Chemical Management risk assessment that proposed declaring two phthalates as
Substance Database as part of its Canada CoatingsHUB toxic (B79P and DHEP). However, based on the information
resources. The database will support coatings industry provided by CPCA members in the data gathering phase,
efforts to manage the large volume of data created by several of the remaining 26 phthalates used in CASE prod-
Canada’s ongoing assessment of chemicals in commerce. ucts are proposed for a non-toxic designation at current
Some of those issues are briefly updated below for those levels, despite some suspected endocrine disruption and
companies doing business in Canada or intending to in the cumulative effects. The final screening assessment for certain
future. The database contains 1,100 substances known to Flame Retardants will be published this fall. Three of these
be used in the coatings, adhesives, sealants, and substances have been proposed as toxic and two of them
elastomers sector (CASE) used in a wide range of SKUs. (DP and DBDPE) will be added to a list of prohibited sub-
This is the coatings segment of the 4,300 substances stances in Canada. Additional flame retardants are scheduled
categorized for risk assessment and risk management under for risk assessment next year.
Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan (CMP) over the past CPCA recently reminded all members of the assessment
decade-and-a-half. There will be more than 1,500 substances of 134 substances in the Boric Acid, its Salts and Precursors
prioritized for assessment beyond 2020, after the third Group, which were proposed for a ‘CEPA-toxic’ designation
phase of the CMP concludes in 2021. CPCA will add the in Canada related to human health and the environment;
chemicals in the CPCA substance database by CAS number however, the final screening assessment is still on hold.
for ease of access. The government has yet to provide a final decision and
propose a risk management approach for Soluble Cobalt
CHEMICAL ASSESSMEnT COnTInuES Compounds already proposed for designation as toxic for
There are many chemicals still undergoing risk assessment the environment. Further notice related to the internationally
and risk management in Canada. For example, leftover classified substance AEEA is awaiting publication in Canada.
from Phase 2 of the CMP is the Final Risk Assessment AEEA is used as a curing agent for epoxy resins, as a com-
Report (FSAR) for the Phthalate subgroup. These are being ponent of adhesives and sealants, used in asphalt paving
further assessed for cumulative effects following a draft or patching products, and as a component in super glues
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