Japan Approves to Designate List of 24 Aromatic Amines as Harmful Substances in Household Products

Vol. 828 | 06 May 2015

On 8 April 2015, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) approved to amend Article 2 of the “Act on Control of Household Products Containing Harmful Substances (Act No. 112 of 1973)” that designates the list of 24 aromatic amines as harmful substances in household products. Amendments to the Act will come into force on 1 April 2016. The specified 24 aromatic amines will be under regulated after the effective date.

 

List of the 24 aromatic amines:

No.	Substance Name	CAS no
1	4-aminoazobenzene	60-09-03
2	2-amino-4-nitrotoluene	99-55-8
3	4-aminobiphenyl	92-67-1
4	4,4’-oxydianiline	101-80-4
5	o-anisidine	90-04-0
6	o-aminoazotoluene	97-56-3
7	o-toluidine	95-53-4
8	2,4- xylidine	95-68-1
9	2,6-xylidine	87-62-7
10	4-chloro-o-toluidine	95-69-2
11	2,4-diaminoanisole	615-05-4
12	4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane	101-77-9
13	3,3’-dichlorobenzidine	91-94-1
14	3,3’-dimethyl-4,4’-diaminodiphenylmethane	838-88-0
15	3,3’-dimethylbenzidine	119-93-7
16	3,3’-dimethoxybenzidine	119-90-4
17	4,4’-thiodianiline	139-65-1
18	2,4,5-Trimethylaniline	137-17-7
19	2,4-toluylendiamine	95-80-7
20	2-naphtylamine	91-59-8
21	p-cresidine	120-71-8
22	p-chloroaniline	106-47-8
23	benzidine	92-87-5
24	4,4’-methylene-bis-(2-chloro-aniline)	101-14-4

 

For more information on this subject, please contact:

Mr. Kenny Chan
Email: kenny.chan@intertek.com

Ms. Dicti Wong
Email: dicti.wong@intertek.com