EU TIGHTENS CADMIUM BAN IN JEWELLERY, BRAZING STICKS AND ALL PLASTICS
May 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS and KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU)-wide restrictions on cadmium in all plastics is being tightened, after high levels of the harmful substance were found in some jewellery articles in Europe, especially in imported imitation jewellery. The new rule - coming as an amendment to EU chemical control regulation REACH, will come into effect this December (2011), with bans also being extended to cover cadmium in all plastics and brazing sticks - a solvent used to join differing materials. Only the presence of cadmium in re-used recovered PVC will be ...
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