Before the end of 2011, countries around the world have successively updated their local chemicals management regulations, setting off another new wave in this endless battle between environmental sustainability and chemicals. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan recently announced that 33 substances including 4-chlorobenzaldehyde have been added to the list of "mutagenic chemicals". This list already includes 672 new chemicals and 144 existing chemicals; Chemicals included on this list will be required to undergo workplace audits, occupational safety guidance, appropriate product labeling and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) before they can be used. On December 28, 2011, the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China announced the "Catalogue of Toxic Chemicals with Strict Import and Export Restrictions in China" (2012). Anyone who imports or exports chemicals in this catalog must report to the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China. Apply for the "Toxic Chemicals Import Environmental Management Registration Certificate" and the "Toxic Chemicals Import (Export) Environmental Management Release Notice", which will be implemented from January 1, 2012. At the end of 2011, Norway issued a notice to the WTO, which stated that consumer products containing excessive amounts of lead, pentachlorophenol (PCP), medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) would be banned from being sold and sold in Norway. import and export. This ban is expected to be passed in the spring of 2012 and will officially take effect on July 1, 2012. However, what is currently known is that the scope of this ban does not include food, food packaging, fertilizers, tobacco, pharmaceuticals, etc.
