Decoded Korea

Korea's chemical substance database tracks over 47,000 substances. Each one can carry up to 9 regulatory flags — toxic, restricted, prohibited, priority management, accident preparedness, CMR (carcinogenic/mutagenic/reprotoxic), registration required, persistent organic pollutant, and Rotterdam Convention substance. We queried the entire database and ranked every substance by the number of simultaneous classifications it carries. The result: out of 47,000+ substances, only three carry 5 flags. No substance carries more than 5. The three most classified substances 1. Formaldehyde — CAS 50-00-0 Flag Details Toxic Acute toxicity 1%, chronic toxicity 0.1% Restricted Banned in furniture veneer, textiles, children's products (age 3 and under), wallpaper paste, leather softeners at 1%+ Priority management Flagged as CMR Accident preparedness Emergency plans required for facilities handling 1%+ mixtures Registration required Must be registered before comm...