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"D5 is listed on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances. It is not listed on the Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) as a hazardous chemical. NICNAS regulates the introduction of industrial chemicals, including cosmetics. NICNAS also assesses chemicals already in use in Australia on a priority basis, in response to specific concerns about their potential health and/or environmental effects. If NICNAS’s risk assessment identifies adverse health and/or environmental effects, additional controls are recommended to agencies with risk management responsibility for worker safety, public health and environmental risks arising from chemicals.

Currently D5 is not being assessed for human or environmental health effects. But if concerns are raised or new information about its toxicity become available, then NICNAS will take appropriate regulatory action."

Sami Syed, NICNAS, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as of 29th May, 2009.

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