Germany Releases New Standard For Pahs Content In GS Certified Products

In August 2014, the German technical equipment and consumer goods Commission issued a new GS certification standard for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) content, which will come into effect in July 1, 2015.

The newly issued standard is more stringent for PAHs, especially for new PAHs. This is for exporting plastic or rubber materials to Germany. Spin and Footwear products It has great influence.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds with two or more benzene rings. Most of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are carcinogenic and can be found in plastic and rubber materials of textile and footwear products. Two.

　　 The main points for updating are as follows:

According to the 2009/48/EC toy directive, the original second and third categories of products were subdivided into two categories, and new PAHs content limits were set respectively.

The new standard increased the respective content limits of 10 kinds of PAHs, such as Benzo (E) pyrene, etc., and also stipulated the limits of the total content of 7 kinds of PAHs (acenaphthylene, acenaphthene, fluorene, phenanthrene, pyrene, anthracene, and fluoranthene). In contrast, the old standards only limit the total content of 18 kinds of PAHs and the benzo (a) pyrene content alone.

The new standard requires that the content of benzo (a) pyrene in second and third kinds of materials is lower.

The total content of the 18 kinds of PAHs prescribed by the new standard is lower.

The new standard limits the content of PAHs as follows: (mg/kg):

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