Triclosan

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Specific information requirements: Obligations to provide information apply. These obligations are: 1. A person introducing this chemical must tell us in writing within 28 calendar days if any of the following circumstances have occurred in relation to their introduction (importation or manufacture): a. The function or use of triclosan has increased, or is likely to change, significantly; b. The amount of triclosan introduced by each importer into Australia has increased significantly compared to their usual importation volume, or likely to increase significantly; c. Manufacture of triclosan in Australia is proposed; d. Significant new information has become available to the applicant/notifier as to adverse environmental effects of triclosan such as those identified in this assessment (e.g. methyl-triclosan and 2,8-dichlorodibenzo-p-dioxine); e. Additional data has become available to the applicant/notifier to confirm and clarify the biological significance of the observed effects of triclosan on the development of tadpoles of the North American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. f. Additional information has become available to the applicant/notifier as to the adverse health effects of triclosan, including development of antimicrobial resistance to triclosan in clinical or natural settings; or g. Additional information has become available on the amount of triclosan that may be leached from textile and plastic articles under normal conditions of use, or from the sucking or mouthing of such (i.e. extraction into saliva). 2. A person who introduces this chemical must tell us in writing within 28 calendar days if they become aware of any of the following circumstances, namely, that since the assessment under the Industrial Chemicals (Notification and Assessment) Act 1989: a. the function or use of the chemical has changed, or is likely to change, significantly; b. the amount of the chemical being introduced has increased, or is likely to increase, significantly; c. in the case of a chemical not manufactured, or proposed to be manufactured, in Australia at the time of the assessment—it has begun to be manufactured in Australia; d. the method of manufacture of the chemical in Australia has changed, or is likely to change, in a way that may result in an increased risk of an adverse effect of the chemical on occupational health and safety, public health or the environment; e. additional information has become available to the person as to an adverse effect of the chemical on occupational health and safety, public health or the environment.