| Table 1: Banned Substances |
| Substances |
Common Usage |
| Cadmium and cadmium compounds |
- Packing parts
- Stabilizers, pigments, or dyes used for plastics (including rubber and the outer plastic resins of electrical parts)
- Paints, inks
- Surface treatment, coating, etc.
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| Mercury and mercury compounds |
- Packing materials
- Paints, pigments and inks containing lead, etc.
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| Hexavalent chromium compounds |
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| Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) |
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| Polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCN) |
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| Chlorinated paraffins (CP) |
|
| Mirex (Perchlorodecone) |
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| Brominated organic compounds-Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) |
- All purposes (for example, flame retardants contained in plastics)
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| Brominated organic compounds-Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE) |
- All purposes (for example, flame retardants contained in plastics)
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| Organic tin compounds (tributyl tin compounds, triphenyl tin compounds) |
- All purposes (for example, paints, inks, preservatives, and fungicides)
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| Asbestos |
- All purposes (for example, insulators and fillers)
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| Azo compounds |
- Pigments used for the parts of products contacting human skin continuously
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| Formaldehyde |
- Wooden products made from chipboard or plywood
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