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CEPE Regrets EU Commission’s Decision to Classify TiO2

The EU published a delegated regulation classifying TiO2 as a category 2 suspected carcinogen by inhalation under EU Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008.

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By: Anthony Locicero

Copy editor, New York Post

The European Union published on Feb. 18, 2020, a delegated regulation classifying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a category 2 suspected carcinogen by inhalation under EU Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labeling and packaging (CLP) of substances and mixtures. This brings to an end a 3-year debate in which industry and several EU member states challenged the classification, arguing that harmonizing exposure limits for dust in production areas would have been a better option. It is the...

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