Restricted substances

Do your manufacturing facilities use restricted substances in production or operations?

Restrictions of substances are a tool to protect human health and the environment from unacceptable risks posed by chemicals. They may limit or prohibit the manufacture, marketing, or use of a substance.

A restriction applies to a substance, on its own or in the form of a preparation or contained in an article, including those for which registration is not required. It also applies to imports.

Examples of hazardous substances include, among others: lead, azo dyes, DMF, PAHs, phthalates, PFOS, released nickel.


Under a broad range of federal statutes, Environmental Protection Agency of the US, gathers health, safety and exposure data.

It requires necessary testing; and controls human and environmental exposures for numerous chemical substances and mixtures. EPA regulates the production and distribution of commercial and industrial chemicals, in order to ensure that chemicals for sale and use in the United States do not harm human health or the environment.