The National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) in South Korea updates ‘the results of hazard review of chemical substances’ under the Act on Registration and Evaluation of Chemicals (K-REACH).

The main updates are as follows:

• New substances

1) Updates on hazard information: "2017-297 (CAS 12078-25-0)", "2017-1034 (CAS 22029-36-3)", "2018-113 (CAS 34140-91-5)", "2018-654 (CAS 1431957-88-8)", "2021-55 (CAS 85508-44-7)", "2021-116 (CAS 94994-62-4)", "2021-144" and "2021-200 (CAS 27288-07-9)".

2) Addition of 48 substances and their hazard information: from "2022-124" to "2022-171".

• Existing substances

1) Updates on hazard information: "2020-012 (CAS 10043-35-3, CAS 11113-50-1)", "2020-043 (CAS 8001-58-9)", "2021-063 (CAS 85535-85-9)", "2021-133 (CAS 3236-71-3)", "2021-144 (CAS 13360-57-1)", "2021-158 (CAS 75-59-2)", "2021-159 (CAS 75-57-0)".

2) Addition of 88 substances and their hazard information: from "2022-224" to "2022-311".

The amendment came into effect immediately.