Hazard Classification of Household Chemical Products in Korea according to the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and labeling of Chemicals

Table 6 Usage of toxic chemicals in household chemical products

	Number of products that containing toxic chemicals	Number of products that exceeding the allowed limit
Cleaning agents and polishing agents (N = 135)	23(17.0%)	8(5.9%)^*
Bleaches, disinfectants and germicides (N = 98)	29(29.6%)	4(4.1%)^†

^*There were 8 products among the ‘cleaning agents and polishing agents’ that used substances regulated by the Toxic Chemical Control Act in excess of the allowed value including 5 products that ambiguously indicated the contents under the MSDS.
^†There were 4 products among the ‘bleaches, disinfectants and germicides’ that used substances regulated by the Toxic Chemical Control Act in excess of the allowed value including 2 products for which the legal regulations on the corresponding products were difficult to determine.

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