Tag: #SVHCs
-
Consumer Products Ingredient Disclosure Laws
It is important to know about the products that you wish to buy or use and particularly their ingredients in a consumer products supply chain. Product Right to Know (PRTK) Act is important and was signed into law in the state of California in 2017 for the cleaning products to disclose the information on both…
-
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…
-
Plastics & Substances of Very High Concerns (SVHCs)
Awareness on the use of plastics today is more than any time in the past. Plastics are essential and everywhere; a part of our daily lives used as packaging materials, containers, toys and many more with a big list. Some of the Ingredients being the part of plastic items are known as substances of very…
-
SVHCs & Consumer Products
There are some identified consumer products in a supply chain that contain potentially harmful chemicals, substances, and materials. Evaluation of substances of very high concerns (SVHCs) is very important. Federal, State, and local government agencies are working in finding the harmful effects of such chemicals and searching the safe alternatives of these products containing these…
-
Cosmetics Products: SVHCs in Supply Chain Worldwide
Many of us think that the cosmetics and personal care products are safe. In fact there are some products that do contain some hazardous chemicals, materials, or substances of very high concerns (SVHCs). In the U.S. these products are least regulated as compared to the countries in the European Union (EU). For safe cosmetics, public…