The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has released updated plans to assess the safety of chemicals, including those used in textile finishing, through its Community Rolling Action Plan (CoRAP) system for 2019-2021, with 96 chemicals being identified for investigation.
These are subjected to studies by European Union (EU) member states, and should their experts conclude there is cause for concern about a chemical’s impact on human and environmental health, proposed EU controls may follow. The revised programme, for example, includes dye 1-[(2-chloro-4nitrophenyl)azo ]-2-naphthol, with German scientists assessing concerns that it could be carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction.
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