Chemicals: Japan Implements Phased-In Ban On PFOA

On July 10, 2024, a Cabinet Decision designating perfluoro alkanoic acid (PFOA) isomers, salts, and related compounds as Class I Specified Chemical Substances was published in the Kanpou, Japan’s Official Gazette. These amendments come in the wake of the decision at the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention to designate these substances under the scope of elimination.