PAHs directive (2005 / 69 / EC) and requirements of German GS certification for PAHs

The PAHs directive 2005 / 69 / EC issued by the European union in 2005 restricts the use of 16 PAHs including benzopyrene (BAP).

Based on the fact that PAHs of imported products found in German ports exceeds the standard, zls-atav stipulates that from April 1, 2008, all GS mark certification agencies will test PAHs project, and products that fail to pass PAHs test will not obtain GS certification and enter Germany smoothly.

The Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) standard requires the above 16 PAHs to be tested. According to the reach regulation of the European Union, benzo [a] pyrene, benzo [e] pyrene, benzo [a] anthracene, benzo [b] fluoranthene, benzo [J] fluoranthene, benzo [k] fluoranthene, dibenzo [a, h] Eight PAHs, such as anthracene, are classified as restricted substances. According to the directive, the additive oil directly put on the market or used for tire manufacturing shall meet the following technical parameters: the content of benzopyrene (BAP) shall not exceed 1mg / kg, and the total content of eight PAHs shall be less than 10mg / kg; this is consistent with the earlier directive 2005 / 69 / EC.

Although the above two directives have no clear requirements for the use of materials that may involve PAHs in other fields, since 2005, some large EU traders and relevant industry organizations have organized themselves to require limited control of tools and electrical appliances sold in the EU, so as to reduce the harm of possible PAHs. Atav, the experience exchange office of German safety technology certification center, passed the proposal on November 20, 2007, requiring that PAHs polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon test be added into GS mark certification. The regulation came into effect on April 1, 2008. The requirements for PAHs limit in German GS certification are:

(1) Consumer products: benzo (a) pyrene < 20mg / kg, total of 16 PAHs < 200mg / kg, and benzo (a) pyrene < 1mg / kg, total of 16 PAHs < 10mg / kg in case of contact with skin for less than 30s or no contact with skin;

(2) Toys, food, children's care products and products that can enter the mouth: products that contact food or other products that can enter the mouth, benzo (a) pyrene < 0.2mg/kg, total of 16 PAHs < 0.2mg/kg; other products, benzo (a) pyrene < 1mg / kg, total of 16 PAHs < 10mg / kg.

PAHs is a general term for a class of aromatic compounds, which may exist in: charcoal, crude oil, creosote, tar (NATURAL), medicine, dye, plastic, rubber, pesticide (artificial), lubricating oil, film remover, capacitor electrolyte, mineral oil, tar (artificial), insecticide, bactericide, mosquito repellent, smoking, gasoline anticoagulant PAHs may also be produced by incomplete combustion of organics and generators. PAHs is a strong carcinogen, damage the reproductive system, easy to lead to skin cancer, lung cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer, arteriosclerosis, infertility and so on.

The 16 PAHs are:

1 naphtalene naphthalene

Acenaphthylene

3 acenaphtene

4 fluorene

5 phenanthrene

6 anthracene

Fluoranthene

8 pyrene

9 benzo (a) anthracene benzo (a) anthracene

10 chrysene

Benzo (b) fluoranthene

12 benzo (k) fluoranthene

13 benzo (a) pyrene

14 Indeno (1,2,3-cd) pyrene

15 dibenzo (a, H) anthracene dibenzo (a, n) anthracene

16 benzo (g, HI) perylene benzo (GHI) North