Prohibitions

When Environment Canada and Health Canada suspect that a New Substance may be CEPA toxic, control measures are imposed to minimize any risk to the environment or human health.

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The following is a list of Prohibitions imposed on new substances to date:

November 24, 2005

• NOTICE: Temporary Prohibition of Certain New Fluorotelomer Based Substances: Context for these Decisions
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February 7, 2005

• Notice, under subsection 84(5) of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, of the Ministerial Prohibition pertaining to the substance Perfluoroalkylhydroxyaminoazetidinium polymer, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on February 5, 2005
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July 17, 2004

• Chemical Abstracts Service Number 203743-03-7
  Notice, under subsection 84(5) of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, of the Ministerial Prohibition N^o 12 798 pertaining to the substance, 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, hexadecyl ester, polymers with 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate, .gamma-omega-perfluoro-C10-16-alkyl acrylate and stearyl methacrylate, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on July 17, 2004
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• Notice, under subsection 84(5) of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, of the Ministerial Prohibition N^o 12 763 pertaining to the substance, Hexane, 1,6-diisocyanato-, homopolymer, reaction products with alpha-fluoro-omega-2-hydroxyethylpoly(difluoromethylene), alkyldivisioned alcohols and 1-alkanol, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on July 17, 2004
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• Notice, under subsection 84(5) of Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, of the Ministerial Prohibition N^o 12 863 pertaining to the substance, 2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, 2-methylpropyl ester, polymer with butyl 2-propenoate and unsaturated anhydride, perfluoroalkyl esters, tert-Bu benzenecarboperoxoate-initiated, published in the Canada Gazette, part I on July 17, 2004
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May 4, 1996

• Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 94097-88-8
  (4-Chlorophenyl)cyclopropyLmethanone, 0-[(4-nitrophenyl) methyl]oxime.
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July 5, 1997

• Chemical Abstracts Service Registry Number 81741-28-8
  Tributyl tetradecyl phosphonium chloride.
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published orders:

• Conditions
• Waivers
• Significant New Activity (SNAc)
• Other
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