Benzamide, 3,5-dichloro-N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-hydroxy-, also known as3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide, is an industrial chemical compound.
How is it used?
3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide is an antimicrobial chemical.
3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide may be used to prevent the growth of bacteria in shampoos, surgical and laundry soaps, deodorants, polishes, cooling fluids and textile finishes.
3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide is not in commerce in Canada.
Why is the Government of Canada assessing it?
3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide was identified as a potential concern to the environment based on available information regarding possible persistence, accumulation and potential to cause harm to the environment.
What is the Government of Canada doing?
The evaluation showed that 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide can stay in the environment for a long time. It has the potential to build up in the bodies of animals or within the food chain and small amounts of 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide could harm animals or plants that live in the water.
However, the Government of Canada has reviewed information that indicates that 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide is not currently in commerce in Canada in significant quantities.
As a result of these low quantities, it is unlikely that 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide is entering the environment as a result of commercial manufacture or use in this country.
The Government of Canada is proposing that 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide does not cause harm to the environment.
If the proposed conclusion is confirmed in the final assessment, the Government is proposing that 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide be subject to a Significant New Activity notice or SNAc. This action would require anyone proposing to manufacture or bring 3,3',4',5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide into the country to provide information to the Government. Further ecological and human health assessment would them be done by the Government before considering whether to allow such activities.
The draft screening assessment was published on January 24, 2009 and will be followed by a 60-day public comment period, ending March 25, 2009.
