NONYLPHENOL
September 1st, 2002
KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that the chemicals nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylate should be banned, either as a substance, or in preparations of 0.1 per cent and 1 per cent respectively when used for a wide range of textile processing. The only exemptions would be for:*Processing where there is no release into waste water and where the chemical is "fully bound in the polymer matrix (finishing agents, textile printing, dyestuffs);"*Manufacturing systems with special treatment where "the process water is pre-treated to remove the organic ...
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