EU ROUND UP – ECHA PUSHES PRODUCTION OF BIOCIDAL INGREDIENTS USED IN COATINGS TO FIGHT COVID-19
March 2nd, 2020
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has encouraged the European Union (EU) chemical industry to employ biocidal products widely used within the coating sector to make detergents killing Covid-19. ECHA has released compositional requirements for using these chemicals to aid national regulatory checks on products including coatings ingredients propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol, whose production might for the time being be diverted to detergent manufacture. Because these chemicals already have EU-wide approvals under the EU biocidal product regulation, national ...
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