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13.12.2023

ECHA: Hazardous chemicals found in fashion products

An EU-wide enforcement project of the ECHA Forum found excessive levels of hazardous chemicals, such as lead and phthalates, in products that are sold to consumers. In total 18 % of the inspected products breached the EU laws.

The national enforcement authorities in 26 EU countries checked over 2 400 products, most of them intended for consumers, and found more than 400 of them breaching the EU’s chemicals laws.

The most common product types breaching the laws were:

An EU-wide enforcement project of the ECHA Forum found excessive levels of hazardous chemicals, such as lead and phthalates, in products that are sold to consumers. In total 18 % of the inspected products breached the EU laws.

The national enforcement authorities in 26 EU countries checked over 2 400 products, most of them intended for consumers, and found more than 400 of them breaching the EU’s chemicals laws.

The most common product types breaching the laws were:

  • Electrical devices such as electrical toys, chargers, cables, headphones. 52 % of these products were found non-compliant, mostly due to lead found in solders, phthalates in soft plastic parts, or cadmium in circuit boards.
  • Sports equipment like yoga mats, bicycle gloves, balls or rubber handles of sport equipment. 18 % of these products were found to be non-compliant mostly due to SCCPs and phthalates in soft plastic and PAH in rubber.
  • Toys like bathing/aquatic toys, dolls, costumes, play mats, plastic figures, fidget toys, outdoor toys, slime and childcare articles. 16 % of non-electric toys were found to be non-compliant, mostly due to phthalates found in soft plastic parts, but also other restricted substances such as PAHs, nickel, boron or nitrosamines.
  • Fashion products such as bags, jewellery, belts, shoes and clothes. 15 % of these products were found non-compliant due to the phthalates, lead and cadmium they contained.

In cases where non-compliant products were found, inspectors have taken enforcement measures, with most of them resulting in the withdrawal of such products from the market.

The non-compliance rate was higher in products which originated from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) or whose origin was not known.

Weitere Informationen:
ECHA hazardous chemicals
Quelle:

European Chemicals Agency

12.10.2023

OETI Indien: ZDHC-Schulungen für nachhaltiges Chemikalienmanagement

OETI, ein Mitglied der TESTEX-Gruppe, ist offiziell-zugelassener ZDHC-Lösungsanbieter im Rahmen des ZDHC-Programms „Roadmap to Zero“. Nachdem OETI bereits als weltweit zugelassene ZDHC MRSL-Zertifizierungsstelle für OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT tätig ist, bietet es darüber hinaus nun in Indien auch umfassende ZDHC-Schulungsdienste an.

Das ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) Roadmap to Zero Programm treibt nachhaltiges Chemikalienmanagement in den globalen Wertschöpfungsketten für Textilien, Leder, Bekleidung und Schuhe voran. Die Expert*innen von OETI schulen Markenunternehmen, Hersteller*innen und andere ZDHC-Stakeholder in nachhaltigem Chemikalienmanagement, das sich an den ZDHC-Richtlinien, Plattformen und Lösungen orientiert.

OETI, ein Mitglied der TESTEX-Gruppe, ist offiziell-zugelassener ZDHC-Lösungsanbieter im Rahmen des ZDHC-Programms „Roadmap to Zero“. Nachdem OETI bereits als weltweit zugelassene ZDHC MRSL-Zertifizierungsstelle für OEKO-TEX® ECO PASSPORT tätig ist, bietet es darüber hinaus nun in Indien auch umfassende ZDHC-Schulungsdienste an.

Das ZDHC (Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals) Roadmap to Zero Programm treibt nachhaltiges Chemikalienmanagement in den globalen Wertschöpfungsketten für Textilien, Leder, Bekleidung und Schuhe voran. Die Expert*innen von OETI schulen Markenunternehmen, Hersteller*innen und andere ZDHC-Stakeholder in nachhaltigem Chemikalienmanagement, das sich an den ZDHC-Richtlinien, Plattformen und Lösungen orientiert.

Das Schulungs-Programm “ZDHC CMS Framework Training für Lieferanten“ vermittelt ein umfassendes Verständnis von Chemikalienmanagement-Systemen, dem sogenannten Chemical Management System (CMS) und deren praktischer Umsetzung in der Textil- und Lederindustrie. Das Training zielt auf verschiedene Abteilungen in einem Unternehmen ab, einschließlich Management, Chemieteam, Beschaffung, Compliance und Nachhaltigkeit. Dadurch soll die Zusammenarbeit dieser Abteilungen in Bezug auf ein nachhaltiges Chemikalienmanagement gefördert und noch besser verankert werden.

OETI Indien veranstaltet in den kommenden Monaten Schulungen in Tirupur, Delhi, Bangalore und Ahmedabad, auch maßgeschneiderte Schulungen für spezifische Anlagen oder Cluster können angeboten werden.

Weitere Informationen:
ZDHC Chemikalienmanagement OETI Seminar
Quelle:

OETI

17.01.2023

ECHA adds nine hazardous chemicals to Candidate List

ECHA has added nine chemicals to the Candidate List because of their hazardous properties. They are used for example in flame retardants, paints and coatings, inks and toners, coating products, plasticisers and in the manufacture of textile, leather or fur and paper.

Entries added to the Candidate List on 17 January 2023:

  • 1,1'-[ethane-1,2-diylbisoxy]bis[2,4,6-tribromobenzene]
  • 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromo-4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol
  • 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol
  • Barium diboron tetraoxide
  • Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate covering any of the individual isomers and/or combinations thereof
  • Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
  • Melamine
  • Perfluoroheptanoic acid and its salts
  • reaction mass of 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropan-2-yl)morpholine and 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(heptafluoropropyl)morpholine

Information on these substances' uses and reasons for inclusion on the Candidate List is available here.

 

ECHA has added nine chemicals to the Candidate List because of their hazardous properties. They are used for example in flame retardants, paints and coatings, inks and toners, coating products, plasticisers and in the manufacture of textile, leather or fur and paper.

Entries added to the Candidate List on 17 January 2023:

  • 1,1'-[ethane-1,2-diylbisoxy]bis[2,4,6-tribromobenzene]
  • 2,2',6,6'-tetrabromo-4,4'-isopropylidenediphenol
  • 4,4'-sulphonyldiphenol
  • Barium diboron tetraoxide
  • Bis(2-ethylhexyl) tetrabromophthalate covering any of the individual isomers and/or combinations thereof
  • Isobutyl 4-hydroxybenzoate
  • Melamine
  • Perfluoroheptanoic acid and its salts
  • reaction mass of 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropan-2-yl)morpholine and 2,2,3,3,5,5,6,6-octafluoro-4-(heptafluoropropyl)morpholine

Information on these substances' uses and reasons for inclusion on the Candidate List is available here.

 

Weitere Informationen:
ECHA chemicals hazardous
Quelle:

European Chemicals Agency

08.07.2021

ECHA: Candidate List updated with eight hazardous chemicals

Some of the newly added substances are used in consumer products such as cosmetics, scented articles, rubber and textiles. Others are used as solvents, flame retardants or to manufacture plastics products. Most have been added to the Candidate List because they are hazardous to human health as they are toxic for reproduction, carcinogenic, respiratory sensitisers or endocrine disruptors.

Companies must follow their legal obligations and ensure the safe use of these chemicals. They also have to notify ECHA under the Waste Framework Directive if their products contain substances of very high concern. This notification is submitted to ECHA’s SCIP database and the information will later be published on the Agency’s website.

Some of the newly added substances are used in consumer products such as cosmetics, scented articles, rubber and textiles. Others are used as solvents, flame retardants or to manufacture plastics products. Most have been added to the Candidate List because they are hazardous to human health as they are toxic for reproduction, carcinogenic, respiratory sensitisers or endocrine disruptors.

Companies must follow their legal obligations and ensure the safe use of these chemicals. They also have to notify ECHA under the Waste Framework Directive if their products contain substances of very high concern. This notification is submitted to ECHA’s SCIP database and the information will later be published on the Agency’s website.

Background
The Candidate List includes substances of very high concern that may have serious effects on our health or the environment. These substances may be placed on the Authorisation List in the future, which means that companies would need to apply for permission to continue using them. The Candidate List has now 219 entries – some of these cover groups of chemicals so the overall number of impacted chemicals is higher.
 
Under the REACH Regulation, companies may have legal obligations when their substance is included – either on its own, in mixtures or in articles – in the Candidate List. Any supplier of articles containing a Candidate List substance above a concentration of 0.1 % weight by weight has to give sufficient information to their customers and consumers to allow safe use.
 
Importers and producers of articles containing a Candidate List substance have six months from the date of its inclusion in the list (8 July 2021) to notify ECHA. Suppliers of substances on the Candidate List (supplied either on their own or in mixtures) have to provide their customers with a safety data sheet.
 
As of 5 January 2021, suppliers of articles on the EU market containing Candidate List substances in a concentration above 0.1% weight by weight must notify these articles to ECHA’s SCIP database. This duty comes from the Waste Framework Directive.
 
More information on these obligations and related tools are available here.

Quelle:

European Chemicals Agency