Eleven departments: ban on the use of lindane and other persistent organic pollutants from March 26

Global Coatings Network News:

11 ministries including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Development and Reform Commission issued a joint announcement to implement the requirements of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.

Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Development and Reform Commission

Ministry of Science and Technology

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Ministry of Commerce

Health Commission

Emergency Department

General Administration of Customs

General Administration of Market Supervision

March 4, 2019

Acceptable use of perfluorooctyl sulfonic acid and its salts and perfluorooctyl sulfonyl fluoride

According to the "Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants", the acceptable use of PFOS and its salts and PFOS is the production and use of the following purposes:

1.
Photo imaging;

2.
Photoresist and anti-reflection coating for semiconductor devices;

3.
Etching agents for compound semiconductors and ceramic filter elements;

4.
Aviation hydraulic oil;

5.
Metal plating (hard metal plating) only for closed-loop systems;

6.
Certain medical equipment (such as production of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene copolymer (ETFE) layer and radio shielding ETFE, in vitro diagnostic medical equipment and CCD color filter);

7.
Fire extinguishing foam.