This Technical Report specifies environmental and health recommendations for textile products (including accessories) with direct skin contact and in the proximity of the human body.<\/p>\n
This Technical Report facilitates the understanding of chemicals with intended uses in the manufacturing of goods in the fields of textile products intended to clothing, interior textiles and upholstery, to comply with the European chemical regulations and recommendations in force in EU.<\/p>\n
This Technical Report is not intended to substitute the existing regulations. The reader is requested to check the current existing regulation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
By suggesting that the textile market follows the ethos of this Technical Report, and thereby avoiding the use of unwanted substances in the manufacture of textile products, the level of protection of human health and of environment will be increased.<\/p>\n
The distinguishing properties of the chemicals and the processes in which they are used (intended use substances) or they occur (unintended release substances) are described in this technical report.<\/p>\n
This Technical Report mentions, when relevant, the existing standardized test methods commonly in use, as well as, the related limit values which are generally accepted. Only the standard identification number is given in the main text and the related title is listed in Bibliography.<\/p>\n
When limit values are given, possible contamination by the external environment and inaccuracy in the measurement of very low concentration may be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The listed substances of this Technical Report can be categorised in two: one related to intended use, another one related to unintended release.<\/p>\n
Inclusion in the candidate list of EU REACH Regulation (EC) n\u00b01907\/2006 has been mentioned in this Technical Report for some substances. This does not necessarily mean that a substance, for which such a note is not made, would not be included in the candidate list in the future (new substances are regularly included in the list).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
For filling material such as \u201cfeather & down\u201d, refer to CEN TC 222 and, for other material used in clothing such as leather, refer to CEN TC 309, for toys, refer to CEN TC 252.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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| 4<\/td>\n | Contents Page <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 6<\/td>\n | European foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 7<\/td>\n | Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 8<\/td>\n | 1 Scope 2 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 9<\/td>\n | 3 General recommendations 3.1 CMR chemicals 3.2 PBT and vPvB substances 3.3 SVHC (\u201cSubstances of Very High Concern\u201d) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 10<\/td>\n | 4 Specific criteria for textile products <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 11<\/td>\n | Table 1 \u2014 Criteria in relation to the type of fibres <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 13<\/td>\n | Table 2 \u2014 Criteria in relation to the type of finishing and components used on textile products (buttons, slide fasteners, buckles, etc.) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 15<\/td>\n | Table 3 \u2014 Criteria in relation to the type of finishing and components used on textile products (buttons, slide fasteners, buckles, etc.) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 16<\/td>\n | 4.1 Formaldehyde 4.1.1 General 4.1.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 17<\/td>\n | 4.1.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method 4.2 Chlorophenols (pentachlorophenol, isomers of tetrachlorophenol) 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Why is PCP a critical substance? 4.2.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | 4.3 Orthophenylphenol (OPP) 4.3.1 General 4.3.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.3.3 Tests method 4.4 Heavy metals 4.4.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 19<\/td>\n | 4.4.2 Extractable heavy metals 4.4.3 Total heavy metal 4.4.4 Antimony -Sb 4.4.4.1 General 4.4.4.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.4.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 20<\/td>\n | Table 4 \u2014 Regulation and Specific test methods related to Antimony 4.4.5 Arsenic \u2013 As 4.4.5.1 General 4.4.5.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.5.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 21<\/td>\n | Table 5 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to arsenic 4.4.6 Barium \u2013 Ba 4.4.6.1 General 4.4.6.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 22<\/td>\n | 4.4.6.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method Table 6 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to barium 4.4.7 Cadmium \u2013 Cd 4.4.7.1 General 4.4.7.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.7.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 23<\/td>\n | Table 7 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to cadmium 4.4.8 Chromium \u2013 Cr 4.4.8.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | 4.4.8.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.8.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method Table 8 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to chromium 4.4.9 Cobalt \u2013 Co 4.4.9.1 General 4.4.9.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 25<\/td>\n | 4.4.9.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method Table 9 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to cobalt 4.4.10 Copper \u2013 Cu 4.4.10.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | 4.4.10.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.10.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method Table 10 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to copper 4.4.11 Lead \u2013 Pb 4.4.11.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 27<\/td>\n | 4.4.11.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.11.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method Table 11 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to lead <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 28<\/td>\n | 4.4.12 Mercury \u2013 Hg 4.4.12.1 General 4.4.12.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.12.3 Regulation\/Tests methods Table 12 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to mercury <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 29<\/td>\n | 4.4.13 Nickel \u2013 Ni 4.4.13.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 30<\/td>\n | 4.4.13.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.13.3 Regulation\/ tests method Table 13 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to nickel <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 32<\/td>\n | 4.4.14 Selenium \u2013 Se 4.4.14.1 General 4.4.14.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.4.14.3 Regulation\/ tests method Table 14 \u2014 Regulation and specific tests method related to selenium 4.5 Flame retardants 4.5.1 General 4.5.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 33<\/td>\n | 4.5.3 Regulation\/Specific test methods 4.5.3.1 Regulation 4.5.3.2 Test method 4.6 Carcinogenic dyes, suspected dyes and derived substances 4.6.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 34<\/td>\n | 4.6.2 Carcinogenic amines derived from azo colorants 4.6.2.1 Why are these critical substances? Figure 1 \u2014 Cleavage of Red Congo dyes into benzidine 4.6.2.2 Regulation\/Specific test methods 4.6.3 Carcinogenic colorants and colorants suspected to be carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction 4.6.3.1 Why are these critical substances? 4.6.3.2 Regulation\/Specific test methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 35<\/td>\n | Table 15 \u2014 Dyestuffs classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (Commission Decision 2009\/567\/EC of 9 July 2009) 4.6.4 Sensitizing colorants 4.6.4.1 Why are these critical substances? 4.6.4.2 Regulation\/Specific test methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 36<\/td>\n | Table 16 \u2014 Dyestuffs classified as potentially sensitizing dyes (Commission Decision 2009\/567\/EC of 9 July 2009) 4.7 Sensitizing substances (others than colorants) 4.8 Pesticides, herbicides and fungicides 4.8.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 37<\/td>\n | 4.8.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.8.3 Regulation\/Specific test methods Table 17 \u2014 Pesticides and their CAS number <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 39<\/td>\n | 4.9 Chloroorganics including carriers (chlorinated benzenes, chlorinated toluenes and chlorinated naphtalenes) 4.9.1 General 4.9.2 Why is it a critical substance? 4.9.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 40<\/td>\n | 4.10 Phthalates 4.10.1 General Figure 2 \u2014 General chemical description 4.10.2 Why is it critical? 4.10.3 Regulations \/ Specific test method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 41<\/td>\n | 4.11 Organotin compounds 4.11.1 General 4.11.2 Why is it critical? 4.11.3 Regulations \/ Specific test method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 42<\/td>\n | 4.12 Perfluorooctanesulfonates (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 4.12.1 General 4.12.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 43<\/td>\n | 4.12.3 Regulations\/Test method Table 18 \u2014 PFOS, PFOA Bibliography and their CAS number 4.13 Dimethylfumarate (DMFu) 4.13.1 General 4.13.2 Why is it a critical substance? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 44<\/td>\n | 4.13.3 Regulation\/Specific test methods 4.14 Alkyl phenol ethoxylates (APEO) 4.14.1 General Figure 3 \u2014 APEO <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 45<\/td>\n | 4.14.2 Why are APEO critical substances? 4.14.3 Regulations\/Test methods 4.15 Residual solvents 4.15.1 General 4.15.2 Why is it critical? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 46<\/td>\n | 4.15.3 Regulations \/ Specific test method 5 Others 5.1 pH 5.1.1 General 5.1.2 Why is it critical? 5.1.3 Regulation\/Specific tests method 5.2 Colour fastness in relation to acidic and alkaline perspiration (recommendation for screening) 5.3 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (screening when strong odour) 5.3.1 General <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 47<\/td>\n | 5.3.2 Why is it critical? 5.3.3 Regulations \/ Specific test method <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 48<\/td>\n | Annex A (informative) Risk phrases <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 49<\/td>\n | Annex B (informative) Criteria for the identification of persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic substances, and very persistent and very bioaccumulative substances B.1 General B.2 PBT substances B.2.1 Persistence B.2.2 Bioaccumulation B.2.3 Toxicity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 50<\/td>\n | B.3 vPvB substances B.3.1 Persistence B.3.2 Bioaccumulation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 51<\/td>\n | Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Textiles and textile products. Guidance on health and environmental issues related to chemical content of textile products intended for clothing, interior textiles and upholstery<\/b><\/p>\n |