Order of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health concerning carcinogenic substances Repealed! Jurisdiction Finland Year 1977 Published in Finnish, Swedish Original/other title [Finnish] Sosiaali- ja terveysministeriön päätös syöpäsairauden vaaraa aiheuttavista aineista [Swedish] Social- och hälsovĺrdsministeriets beslut om ämnen som föranleder risk för kancersjukdom Serial title Suomen asetuskokoelma - Finlands författningssamling Source 10 Feb. 1977, No.174. p.394. Descriptors [Primary] Finland, carcinogens, limitation of exposure [Secondary] 2-acetylaminofluorene, 2-naphthylamine, 4-aminobiphenyl, 4-nitrobiphenyl, benzidine, bis(2-chloroethyl) ether, bis(chloromethyl) ether, chloromethyl methyl ether, law, methylcholanthrene, methylnitrosourea, p-dimethylaminoazobenzene, prohibition of use, propiolactone, replaced Subject category Chemical safety Abstract Pursuant to the Decree of the Council of State dated 11 Dec. 1975 (CIS 77-794), this Order prohibits the use of 12 substances (4-aminobiphenyl, 2-acetylaminofluorene, benzidine and its salts, bis(2-chloroethyl) ether, bis(chloromethyl) ether, p-dimethylaminoazobenzene, chloromethyl methyl ether, 20-methylcholanthrene, methylnitrosourea, 2-naphthylamine, 4-nitrobiphenyl, β-propiolactone). The Order makes provision for restrictions applying to 12 other substances (benzene, crocidolite, etc.), the extent of the individual restrictions being left to the discretion of the National Board of Occupational Safety and Health. A third group of substances is made subject to certain limitations prescribed in the 1975 Decree. Comments on the Order are given in Circular 3/77 of 10 Mar. 1977 (1p.). CIS No. 77-1943 Database ID 28247