In the future, Kingfisher, a British home-improvement company, wants to remove phthalates, polyflourinated hydrocarbons, and halogenated flame retardants from its house-brand products and replace them with non-critical chemicals. According to the company’s Sustainable Growth Plan, these materials should disappear from the supply chain by 2025. As a follow-up, they should…
Recommendations on amending the Authorization List of REACH (Annex XIV) can be made until March 12, 2019. The amendment covers the endocrine-disrupting effectiveness of the following four phthalates: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) According to the new entries, some uses of these…
At the beginning of June, the EU Commission updated Directive (EU) 2015/863 on limiting the use of specific dangerous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (Implementing Directive RoHS), supplementing it with the following four phthalates: Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP): max 0.1%; Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP): max 0.1%; Dibutyl phthalate (DBP): max…
Appendix XVII of the REACH Regulation (EU) 2015/326 has been amended in terms of aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and phthalates. For PAH, a new method for analysis applies as the standard method to determine PAH in extender oils. The method enables more exact determination of PAH concentrations, giving manufacturers greater security….
