CLEANROOM INGREDIENTS ADDED TO ECHA AUTHORISATION LIST
May 1st, 2013
CHEMICALS used in cleanrooms have been added to the European Union’s (EU) ‘authorisation’ list over environmental health concerns. A listing requires cleanrooms wanting to use these chemicals to seek permission from the European Commission, advised by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA). The chemicals are potassium dichromate and trichloroethylene, which will require authorisation for use from September 2017 and April 2016 respectively. Potassium dichromate, used to make chromic acid for cleaning glassware and as an oxidising agent in various laboratories, ...
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