On July 29, the 2016 White Substances List was published by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) in accordance with Article 4(4) of Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL). The List contains 177 newly notified chemical substances (manufactured or imported after the enforcement of CSCL) that are considered to be neither persistent nor suspected of possessing long-term toxicity to humans or eco-toxicity.