Japan adds PFHxS “forever chemicals” to export control list

17 April 2026

Japan adds PFHxS “forever chemicals” to export control listbaona/Shutterstock.com

Japan has amended its Export Control Trade Order to add perfluoro(hexane‑1‑sulfonic acid) (PFHxS)‑related substances to the list of goods subject to export controls. PFHxS‑related substances are part of the PFAS family of “forever chemicals”,...

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Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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