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Persistent Organic Pollutants POPs

作者:admin 发布时间:2022-04-08 08:06:05点击:395
What are POPs?
The control of persistent organic pollutants (Persistent Organic Pollutants, POPs) has been paid more and more attention, and the international has adopted the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants on May 22, 2001, a global convention aimed at protecting human health. And the environment is protected from persistent organic pollutants, the EU is a party to the Convention and is obliged to implement the provisions of the Convention. Based on this requirement, the European Union issued PoPs Regulation (EC) 850/2004, and on June 25, 2019, issued a new POPs Regulation (EU) 2019/1021, which took effect on July 15, 2019.
 
Applicable product range?
Various products and their raw materials.
 
Test items?
For the list of banned substances in POPs regulations, see the table below:

substance number of substances Main control requirements
Tetrabromodiphenyl ether, pentabromodiphenyl ether, hexabromodiphenyl ether, heptabromodiphenyl ether, decabromodiphenyl ether 5
The five substances in the substance are individually ≤10ppm, and the sum of the five items in the mixture and articles is ≤500ppm
Tetrabromo, pentabromo, hexabromo, heptabromo and decabromodiphenyl ethers in RoHS products are exempted from POPs regulations
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) 1
Substances and mixtures≤10ppm, articles≤1000ppm
Textiles or coated materials≤1μg/m2
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related substances 1
PFOA and its salts present in substances, mixtures or articles≤0.025mg/kg
PFOA-related substances in the substance, mixture or article ≤ 1 mg/kg
Short Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCP) 1
Substance/Mixture <1%
Item<0.15%
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) 1 Substances, mixtures, articles and the flame retardant part of articles ≤ 100mg/kg (0.01% by weight)
Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polychlorinated Naphthalenes (PCNs), Hexabromobiphenyls, Hexachlorobutadiene 6 disabled
Chlordane, endosulfan, hexachlorocyclohexane (including lindane), heptachlor, DDT, aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, toxaphene, mirex, chlordecone, pentachlorophenol and Its salts and esters, dicofol 13 disabled

common problem
1. What is the control scope of the new EU POPs regulation?
Substances, mixtures and articles placed on the EU market are within its control.
2. What is the state of enforcement of POPs regulations in recent years?
In recent years, dozens of violations of POPs regulations have occurred every year, and the country of origin of the violating products is mostly China. It is recommended that companies pay attention to product compliance and reduce the economic losses caused by products violating POPs regulations.