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Leather Goods and Harmful Chemicals
Leather Goods and Harmful Chemicals
The restricted use of azo dyes in textile and leather articles as established in
Directive 2002/61/EC and amended by 2004/21/EC was implemented in the
United Kingdom by the Controls on Certain Azo Dyes and "Blue Colorant"
(Amendment) Regulations.
(CAS
number)*:
Products:
09-3)
Leather articles which may come into
direct and prolonged contact with the
Requirement:
Status:
skin or mouth
Limit: 30 ppm
Existing implementation
Source:
legislation
The Controls on Certain Azo Dyes
of
EU
Regulations
*
Substance:
CAS
Number:
Products:
Requirement:
Leather products
It is strongly advised not to market leather
products in which the Chromium content exceeds
Status:
3 ppm.
Interpretation
Source:
requirement
Lebensmittel und Bedarfsgegenstnde Gesetz
of
general
product
safety
JAPAN
Restrictions on Harmful Substances
Handling baby and childrens wear demands observing the Law for the
Control of Household Products Containing Harmful Substances. These
restrictions are under the jurisdiction of the Office of Environmental
Chemicals Safety, Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health and
Welfare, and the restrictions also apply to goods other than clothing. Details
of the restrictions on baby and childrens wear grouped according to type of
harmful substances are shown in the following table.
is
element for
may
plating
of
be improving
the
in
alloys, natural
corrosion fibers, man
alloys, made fibers
compounds,
in
the
e.g., salts.
stainless
production
steel.
of
Nickel
present
either
as of
polyester.
Antimony fiber,
metal, or as a flame
retardants,
salts.
pigments.
It can be present Arsenic and its compounds leather,
as a pure metal, can
be
used
as non-metal or preservatives,
as
in
some manmade
pesticides fiber,
compound
natural
fibers, metal
Chromium
parts
Chromium is a Chromium compounds can leather,
(Cr)
metal
in
order
to natural
Phthalates
pastes,
adhesives
and
plastics
phthalates.
Mainly
used
Compounds
as
stabilizers
in Prints,
plastics
rubber,
in plastic production
Phenols (PCP/TeCP) are sometimes used natural
fibers,
plastics,
rubber,
Isocyanates
print pastes.
leather and paper
Isocyanates are used in the production of fabrics
PCBs
used
pesticides,
as
but
also as softeners,
carriers
Chlorinated
agents
and
flame retardants
Bleaching Used for bleaching textiles, paper etc
Solvents
contain
large
amounts
of something
is
needed
be
chlorinated derivatives.
to
dissolved,
for
example, in the
dyeing/printing
process,
when
removing
spots
on ready made
garments and for
dissolving
glue
the
when
making shoes
Perflourinated PFOS and PFOA are included in a group PFOS and PFOA
Alkylated
Substances
(PFAS)
of
Chemical
Description
Field of Application
Chemicals
water
to
and
molecular products.
and
may
fibers,
Both leather,
prints,
dye plastics
and
contain rubber
dyes Mainly
for
that
can also
penetrate
plastics
made
polyester. It is fibers
not
chemically
bonded
to
the
physical
Some
restricted
amines
Other Dyes
Flame Retardants
of the flame.
Formaldehyde Formaldehyde is Formaldehyde
volatile
or Natural
and formaldehyde
fibers,
man-made fibers,
plastics
rubber,
for
smoke, and
and
air treatment,
"contagious". If
you
place
garment
a
with
formaldehyde on
top of a garment
does
not
contain
formaldehyde,
the
other
garment
may
become
"infected".
Fabric
pre-crinkle
and
for
or
that
pre- leather
samples
and
be
packed
separately
in
plastic bags.
PVC
plastics
hard, make
transparent
coloured.
may
soft
plastic
or accessories
like
pullers
or
as
phthalates,
organotin
kinds
of