ECHAs Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) har antagit en opinion om klassificering av phenoxyetanol, som är ett vanligt förekommande konserveringsmedel. RAC har beslutat sin opinion den 18 juni 2019 och den kommer att publiceras inom kort. Phenoxyetanol föreslås klassas som Akut tox 4, Eye dam 1 och STOT SE 3.
ECHA skriver så här:
2-phenoxyethanol (EC 204-589-7, CAS 122-99-6)
The substance 2-phenoxyethanol is an active substance used in biocidal products.
The substance has an existing entry in Annex VI to the CLP Regulation for acute oral toxicity (Acute Tox. 4*, minimum classification) and for eye irritation (Eye Irrit. 2).
RAC agreed to the proposal by the United Kingdom to classify 2-phenoxyethanol as harmful if swallowed (Acute Tox. 4) with an acute toxicity estimate (ATE; oral) of 1 394 mg/kg bw to classify and label mixtures containing the substance and as a substance that causes serious eye damage (Eye Dam. 1) and may cause respiratory tract irritation (STOT SE 3).”
