The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has announced the SVHC Candidate List for authorisation as of January 15，2019, adding 6 new substances to the list. It now contains 197 substances.
Details of the addition to the list are as follows:
| # | Substance name | EC number | CAS number | Reason for inclusion |
| 1 | 2,2-bis(4’-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methylpentane | 401-720-1 | 6807-17-6 | Toxic for reproduction (Article 57c) |
| 2 | Benzo[k]fluoranthene | 205-916-6 | 207-08-9 |
Carcinogenic (Article 57a) PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
| 3 | Fluoranthene | 205-912-4 | 206-44-0 |
PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
| 4 | Phenanthrene | 201-581-5 | 85-01-8 | vPvB (Article 57e) |
| 5 | Pyrene | 204-927-3 | 129-00-0 |
PBT (Article 57d) vPvB (Article 57e) |
| 6 |
1,7,7-trimethyl-3-(phenylmethylene)bicyclo [2.2.1]heptan-2-one |
239-139-9 | 15087-24-8 | Endocrine disrupting properties (Article 57(f) - environment) |
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