Korea adds eight reproductive toxic substances as controlled hazardous substances

On October 18, 2022, the Ministry of Employment and Labor of South Korea published an amended version of the “Regulations on Occupational Safety and Health Standards”. The purpose of this amendment is to amend safety standards following the release of carbon dioxide in a factory in South Korea in October 2021, which resulted in the deaths of four people, and to designate eight reproductive toxic substances as controlled hazardous substances. In South Korea,