Efficient flame retardants (DecaBDE) no feasible alternatives exist toxic hazards

Flame retardant science and technology in order to meet the needs of social production and life safety , prevention of fires , protection of life and property and developed , but many have toxic flame retardants harm health , DecaBDE is an efficient flame retardants, recent animal scientific studies suggest that the substance may cause adverse effects on health, such as having a brain toxicity and can cause liver problems .Sellotape

European Chemicals Agency ECHA has announced that in December 15, 2013 to receive all relevant parties on a decaBDE DecaBDE " restriction proposal ," the council . The council 's goal is to gather information and evidence on the feasibility of alternative DecaBDE . DecaBDE is mainly used in plastics , polymers , composites, textiles and other materials .

DecaBDE is a highly flame retardant to prevent items being ignited . It is estimated that the substance can be a fire death rate decreased by 20 %. Initially , the material is mainly used for plastics and textiles. In plastics , DecaBDE is mainly used in electrical and electronic equipment, transportation aviation industry and building materials . July 1, 2008 , the European Court ruled that the European DecaBDE shall not be used in electrical and electronic products. Interested parties may submit comments on the latest online questionnaire on December 15, 2013 . Limit proposal is expected to be August 1, 2014 raised .Washi tape


For a long time , DecaBDE use does not lead to health and environmental issues of concern. Despite 10 years of scientific research, in 2004 the environmental and human health risk assessments are still considered relevant applications in DecaBDE does not pose a significant risk . However, scientific research shows that DecaBDE could harm the environment. DecaBDE can enter the environment through various channels, such as by including emissions from the production of products and by products DecaBDE own emissions .

DEFRA UK Ministry of Environment and the European Environment Agency has released a report that DecaBDE is a persistent , bioaccumulative and toxic PBT substances and very persistent , bioaccumulative vPvB substances. Then in December 2012 , DecaBDE was included in the REACH Candidate List of Substances regulations .Masking tape


ECHA proposes to DecaBDE included in the EU list of authorized substances in Annex XIV of REACH . In the course of this proposal , Norway had proposed to DecaBDE included among " Stockholm Agreement on Persistent Organic Pollutants ." The European Commission decided to dispose of EU law provides for DecaBDE and consistent with the requirements of the Agreement . Therefore , the Commission is not required to DecaBDE included ECHA REACH Annex XIV list , but to prepare a REACH Annex XV " restriction proposal ."

The proposal aims to limit DecaBDE and production, use and sale of products containing the substance . ECHA said information about the feasibility of limiting DecaBDE is not sufficient ; want to know if mandating the use of DecaBDE alternative substances , as well as the challenges faced by the industry may need more time to deal with this challenge .Wholesale masking tape