Tag: #ECHA
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Understanding Ototoxicants & Hearing Impairment
Ototoxicants are chemicals that could damage some parts of ears, eardrum, or the auditory canal resulting in hearing impairment alone or in combination with excessive noise (synergistic exposure). Some of these are substances of very high concerns (SVHCs) such as pharmaceuticals, certain pesticides, solvents; metals may harm the hair cells if repeated exposures could result…
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Controlling Environmentally Hazardous Substances in Electrical & Electronic Products
The European Union (UN)’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a well know directive # 2002/95EC that restricts the use of specific hazardous materials or substances contained in electrical & electronic equipment, known as (EEE). RoHS has an impact on electronic industry while manufacturing and distributing locally or worldwide. This directive is originated in the…
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UN’s ECHA Indentifies Gen X Chemicals as SVHCs
GenX Chemical is a brand name for a chemical process that uses a chemical compound, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy) propanoic acid) (FRD-903), which not biodegradable and not hydrolyzed by water, ammonium salt (2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy) propanoate) (FRD-902), and heptafluoropropy 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl ether (E1). These chemicals have been in use in products supply chain, such as food packaging, paints, cleaning products, and…