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Centre Testing International Co., Ltd. (CTI) is the pioneer and leader in the TIC Industry which provides one-stop solutions on testing, inspection, certification, calibration, audit, training & technical services.

 

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Our service capabilties cover the upstream and downstream of the supply chain including textile and apparel,toys,electronic appliances,medical health,food...andother industries.

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Testing

More and more attention has been paid to the persistent organic pollutants. Substances, mixtures and articles are regulated by the POPs regulation, including tens of thousands of chemicals and various downstream products used in chemicals. CTI provides POPs testing services for products and raw materials, helping enterprises reduce the risk of violation of regulations and enter the international market successfully.

Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Testing

   Service Background

More and more attention has been paid to the persistent organic pollutants. ‘The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants’, and the convention was adopted on 22 May 2001 to protect human health and the environment from the hazards of persistent organic pollutants. As a party to the Convention, EU is obliged to implement it.

Based on this Convention, EU subsequently issued the POPs regulation (EC) 850/2004. On June 25, 2019,EU issued the new POPs regulation (EU) 2019/1021 , and formally implemented on July 15, 2019.

If you want to know the information of POPs substances content in the product, CTI can provide you with POPs testing services for products and raw materials, and help you to meet the relevant requirements of POPs regulation.

   Service content

1Scope

Various types of products and raw materials.

2Test item

List of substances subject to prohibitions of the EU POPs regulation:

Substances

Number

Requirements of control

Tetrabromodiphenyl ether, Pentabromodiphenyl ether, Hexabromodiphenyl ether, Heptbromodiphenyl ether, Decabromodiphenyl ether

5

Each kind of substance equal to or below 10 mg/kg where it is present in substances.

Tetra-, penta-, hexa-, heptaand decaBDE shall apply to the sum of the concentration of those substances up to 500 mg/kg where they are present in mixtures or articles, but electrical and electronic equipment within the scope of Directive 2011/65/EU shall be allowed.

Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS)

1

The concentrations of PFOS equal to or below 10 mg/kg (0,001 % by weight) where it is present in substances or in mixtures.

The concentrations of PFOS in semi-finished products or articles, or parts thereof, if the concentration of PFOS is lower than 0.1% by weight calculated with reference to the mass of structurally or micro-structurally distinct parts that contain PFOS or, for textiles or other coated materials, if the amount of PFOS is lower than 1 μg/m2 of the coated material.

Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and related substances

1

The concentrations of PFOA or any of its salts equal to or below 0,025 mg/kg where they are present in substances, mixtures or articles.

The concentrations of any individual PFOA-related compound or a combination of PFOA-related compounds equal to or below 1 mg/kg where they are present in substances, mixtures or articles.

Short chain chlorinated paraffin (SCCP)

1

Use of substances or mixtures containing SCCPs

in concentrations lower than 1 % by weight or articles

containing SCCPs in concentrations lower than 0,15 % by

weight shall be allowed.

Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)

1

The concentrations of hexabromocyclododecane equal to or below 100 mg/kg where it is present in substances, mixtures, articles or as constituents of the flame-retarded articles.

Pentachlorobenzene, Hexachlorobenzene, Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), Polychlorinated naphthalene (PCNs), Hexabromobiphenyl, Hexachlorobutadiene

6

Prohibited

Chlordane, Endosulfan, Hexachlorocyclohexane (including lindane), Heptachlor, DDT, Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin, Toxaphene, Mirex, Chlordecone, Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters, Dicofol

13

The concentrations of pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters equal to or below 5 mg/kg (0,0005 % by weight) where they are present in substances, mixtures or articles.

Other substances are Prohibited.

   Solution

POPs testing

Regulation learning, Enterprise corresponding training and advisory services

   Our strengths

CTI Centre Testing International has many advanced equipment and has passed CMA/CNAS qualification accreditation, the test data is accurate and reliable, and the test report has international credibility.

The scientific laboratory information management system ensures the efficient operation of each service link.

The technical expert team has rich practical experience and can provide professional, rapid and comprehensive one-stop service.

The service network is all over the world, and many first-line brands designate cooperative laboratories.

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