Initiative to Classify TiO2 as Hazardous Substance Could Have Significant Impact on the EU Coatings Industry

摘要

The coating industry and its suppliers in Europe have been issuing dire warnings about a move in the European Union to classify titanium dioxide as a hazardous substance. The Helsinki-based European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which is responsible for the implementation of the EU's main industrial chemicals legislation, is currently assessing a French proposal that TiO2 be categorized as dangerous on its labels due to it being possibly carcinogenic through inhalation.