EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BACKS WORKER EXPOSURE LIMITS FOR UPHOLSTERY CHEMICAL
December 1st, 2018
The European Parliament has voted to amend a directive on protecting workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work by adding exposure limits for ethylene dichloride (EDC), which is used to make furniture and automobile upholstery, and wall coverings.
MEPs backed exposure limits for this chemical – also known as 1,2-dichloroethane - of 8.2mg per square metre, which would come into force two years after the rule is written into the European Union (EU) official journal.
This should happen next year, because the proposal still ...
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