NICNAS Alerts

 

No 1	Perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS)- July 2002 (PDF 61Kb). See also: Results of the 2006 survey on production and use of PFOS, PFAS, PFOA, PFCA, their related substances and products/mixtures containing these substances Lists of PFOS, PFAS, PFOA, PFCA, related compounds and chemiclas that may degrade to PFCA ( PDF 1.1 MB); Access to the OECD hazard assessment report of Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts finalised on 21 November 2002 ( PDF 1.5 MB); Access to the United Kingdom Environment Agency, Environmental Risk Evaluation Report; Perfluorooctanesulphonate (PFOS); Access to the United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Environment Agency for England and Wales: Perfluorooctane Sulphonate Risk Reduction Strategy and Analysis of Advantages and Drawbacks, Final Report August 2004.
No 2	Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)- April 2003 ( PDF 38 Kb).
No 3	Methylene Chloride- July 2004 ( PDF 136 Kb).
No 4	Perfluoroctanoic Acid and its derivatives (PFOA)-November 2004 ( PDF 196 Kb). Access to a summary of US EPA activities about PFOA and telomers Access to the main US EPA EDOCKET website for more information about PFOA and telomers. (Click on the "Quick Search" feature, select the docket button, type in OPPT-2003-0012 and click the search button). The resulting EDOCKET contains a number of documents relating to US EPA activities in identifying potential human health concerns about PFOA. Access to the United States Environmental Protection Agency preliminary risk assessment of the developmental toxicity associated with exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts April 10 2003 ( PDF 398 Kb)
No 5	Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluoroalkyl sulfonate (PFAS) - February 2007 ( 98 Kb)
No 6	Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorocarboxylic acid (PFCA) - February 2007 ( 108 Kb)
No 7	Diethylene Glycol in Toothpaste (DEG) - June 2007 ( 112Kb)