Concentration of Phosphorus in certain Cleaning Products Regulations(SOR/89-501).

Country/Territory: Canada
Document type: Regulation
Date: 1988 (2010)
Source: FAO, FAOLEX
Long title: Regulations respecting the concentration of phosphorus in laundry detergents.

Subject: Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword: Pollution control Cleaning agents/detergents Hazardous substances Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area: Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic

Abstract: The present Regulations continue in force under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. In particular, the Regulations lay down provisions relating to the concentration of phosphorus in laundry detergent. ??In this connexion, section 3 establishes that the concentration of phosphorus in any laundry detergent shall not exceed five per cent by weight expressed as phosphorus pentoxide or 2.2 per cent by weight expressed as elemental phosphorus. The text consists of 3 sections.
Full text: English
Website: www.gc.ca

References - Legislation

Implements

Canadian Environmental Protection Act 1999 (S.C. 1999, c. 33).

Legislation | Canada | 1999 (2019)

Keyword: Air quality/air pollution, Pollution control, Framework law, Environmental planning, Marine pollution, Institution, Public participation, EIA, Indigenous peoples, Policy/planning, Hazardous substances, Hazardous waste, Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater resources management, Freshwater pollution, Sustainable use

Source: FAO, FAOLEX