Titanium dioxide stakeholders argued successfully in the Court of Justice of the European Union that TiO2’s hazard classification in 2020 under the CLP was based on shoddy science and a flawed interpretation of EU law. The industry win comes as the European Commission is finalizing a regulation to establish new CLP hazard classes, including for endocrine disruptors.
Industry stakeholders are heartened but still working out the implications of a European General Court decision in late 2022 that overturned titanium dioxide’s classification as a cancer hazard by the European Commission.
According to the General Court, part of the Court of Justice of the European Union, TiO2 should not have been...