ECHA APPROVES NEW BIOCIDES USED IN TEXTILES
January 1st, 2019
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has approved biocidal textile finishing chemicals - notably silver-based chemicals - for use across the European Union (EU). Acting under its regulatory powers authorised by the EU biocidal products regulation, ECHA’s biocidal products committee (BPC) has recommended the EU-wide authorisation of silver zinc zeolite for use in disinfectants and preservatives in textiles, tissues and masks.
It also recommended that biocides silver zeolite, silver copper zeolite and silver sodium hydrogen zirconium phosphate be approved as a ...
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