If the REACH Regulations can help save lives as well as protect the environment then I am sure we would all endorse it wholeheartedly.
However, there is no doubt that REACH is a significant burden on industry. I can clearly remember an Official addressing a meeting of industry delegates and saying that REACH was “never meant to be a paper chase”. Well it’s too late, despite the number of third party organisations offering to provide data on “thousands” of products.
Farnell has collected obligatory REACH information and, importantly, gathered safety data for its automated supply process, on around 440,000 products since the latest batch of SVHCs was published by ECHA in June. However, only around 1750 of them contain an SVHC…..around 0.4% of the total.
80% of these SVHCs were DEHP, often found in cable and a plasticiser in PVC.
While considered low toxicity, DEHP can be detected in water, soil and food and is considered a widespread environmental contaminant.
However, there is little evidence to suggest there is a risk to human health although DEHP is no longer permitted in children’s toys.
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