Japan Japan Begins Public Consultation on Draft Amendments to Specify LC-PFCA as Class I Specified Chemical Substances in the Ministerial Ordinance and Notification under CSCL

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16 September 2026  m.kaminishi.envix  KAMINISHI Masamichi (EnviX)
Japan Begins Public Consultation on Draft Amendments to Specify LC-PFCA as Class I Specified Chemical Substances in the Ministerial Ordinance and Notification under CSCL

On September 1, 2026, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW); Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); Ministry of the Environment (MOE); and other relevant ministries jointly launched a public consultation on draft amendments to explicitly include “long‑chain perfluoroalkanoic acids and their salts” and “long‑chain perfluoroalkanoic acid‑related substances” in the Ministerial Ordinances and Notifications under the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacture, etc. (Chemical Substances Control Law, CSCL).

Author / Responsibility

KAMINISHI Masamichi

Senior Consultant and Researcher in EnviX, Ltd

Business Performance

2001~ Non-clinical safety study researcher at Japanese Contract Research Organization, subsequently served as specialist on numerous toxicity testing and chemical regulatory projects including EU REACH and Japanese CSCL at several overseas laboratories.
2017~ appointed as adjunct lecturer at Showa Medical University.

Background

Meiji University, B.S., animal production science with a major in Agriculture. (1999)
Showa Medical University (formerly Showa University), Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Ph,D. in Medicine (2017)
Adjunct Lecturer, Showa Medical University (formerly Showa University) (2017-present)

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