Danish Environmental Protection Agency released a strategic file to control phth

Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a phthalates control policy file, the policy was designed to assess the impact on the environment and human health, quantity and people of certain phthalates cognitive, check entire phthalates substances, to ensure a unified approach control, rather than one by one substance control.

Danish EPA Special attention will be registered under REACH Regulation phthalates, because they are most likely used for production into products to the EU market. EPA will evaluate which phthalates meet SVHC screening criteria (ie, endocrine disrupting and / or reproductive toxicity), may propose certain phthalate substances are added to the SVHC candidate list. In addition, phthalate substances bring greater risk to human health and the environment, the Danish EPA will assess the need for restrictive measures.

Phthalates: phthalates is a group having the same general chemical structure, on which there are two different length of carbon chain substance. The toxicity of such substances generally vary depending on the shorter carbon chain length of the carbon chain (low molecular weight), corresponding to the greater the toxicity of the substance.

The phthalates is mainly used for softening polyvinyl chloride (PVC), may be released in the production process of the material, may also be released in the related products during use, Thus, humans and the environment may come into contact with the substance