The point on the classification of titanium dioxide as a carcinogen
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https://doi.org/10.36125/ijoehy.v13i3.452Keywords:
Occupational Exposure, CMR, Occupational HygieneAbstract
The classification of some forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2) as suspected inhalation carcinogens ((Carc. 2; H351(inhalation): "Suspected of causing cancer (inhalation)") has been published in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/ 217 of the Commission of 4 October 2019 (fourteenth adaptation to technical and scientific progress), which amends Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation). Furthermore, with Regulation (EU) 2020/217, provisions have been adopted for the classification of mixtures and the labeling of certain mixtures containing TiO2 with specific EUH indications of the European Union.The Regulation provided for a transitional period of eighteen months starting from 1 October 2021. However, the Court of Justice of the European Union has decided to cancel the classification of TiO2 as a carcinogen provided for by Regulation (EU) 2020/217 (joined cases T-279/20, T-288/20 and T-283/20).In the Judgment, the Court of Justice has in doubt the act ndibility and acceptability of the study on which the Commission classification was based and decided that the classification and labeling of titanium dioxide as a carcinogen are invalid because, in a nutshell, TiO2 cannot be considered intrinsically carcinogenic.
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