According to ECHA Weekly news, ECHA will update the current entry for BPA accordingly and add seven additional substances to the Candidate List by mid-January. These substances are chrysene, benz[a]anthracene, cadmium nitrate, cadmium hydroxide, cadmium carbonate, Dechlorane Plus(TM) and reaction products of 1,3,4-thiadiazolidine-2,5-dithione, formaldehyde and 4-heptylphenol, branched and linear (RP-HP) [with ≥0.1% w/w 4-heptylphenol, branched and linear].

The Member State Committee (MSC) supported the German proposal to additionally identify bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) because of its endocrine disrupting properties which cause probable serious effects to the environment. Bisphenol A is already listed in the Candidate List due to its toxic for reproduction properties and due to its endocrine disrupting properties which cause probable serious effects to human health.

Legal obligations will start from the formal updating of the Candidate List in January 2018.