On March 3, 2008, Sony released the seventh edition of SS-00259, which took effect on April 1, 2008. The seventh edition of SS-00259 lists 22 categories of controlled substances, including perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts (PFOS) and specific benzotriazole, which are new additions.
  Heavy metals: Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr6+
Organochlorine compounds: PCB, PCN, PCT, SCCP, Others
Organobromine compounds: PBB, PBDE, Others
Organotin compounds: TBT, TPT
Asbestos
Specific azo compounds
Formaldehyde
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
Beryllium oxide, beryllium bronze
Specified phthalates (7 types)
<img decoding="async" height="1" width="5" Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts (PFOS)
Specific Benzotriazoles
Effective April 1, 2008, the supply of the following four categories of controlled substances is prohibited:
1<img decoding="async" height="1" Beryllium oxide
2 Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
3 Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its salts (PFOS)
4Specific Benzotriazole
Substance Name
Target
Cadmium (Cd)
<img loading="lazy" Batteries with cadmium content ≥ 20 ppm of total battery weight
Batteries with cadmium content ≥ 20 ppm of total battery weight
Battery packs with cadmium content ≥ 20 ppm of total battery weight
Lead (Pb)
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" height="3" width="3" src="http://newsletter.sgs.com/eNewsletterPro/uploadedimages/000016/1x1_transparent.gif" Manganese batteries and alkaline manganese batteries:
Batteries with lead content ≥ 0.2% of the total battery weight
Mercury (Hg)
Manganese batteries and alkaline manganese batteries:
<img decoding="async" height="7" width="7" Batteries with a mercury content ≥ 0.0001% of the total battery weight
SS-00259, version 7, can be downloaded from
Batteries with a mercury content ≥ 0.0001% of the total battery weight
SS-00259, version 7, please download from
www.sony.net/SonyInfo/procurementinfo/ss00259/index.html |
