ECHA working to make Drinking water safe
On 10 th Jan 2020, ECHA announced that they are working on developing a positive list of substances that can be safely used in materials that come into contact with drinking water. It will improve consumer protection and ensure equal safety standards for the industry. The first positive list containing around 1500 chemicals, is expected […]
Alert EU REACH SVHC List updated – ECHA adds 4 new substances
On the 5 January 2020, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced 4 new additions to the REACH candidate list of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) having below properties Carcinogenic Mutagenic and reprotoxic (CMR) Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) Very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) substances The inclusion of perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and its […]