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POP
Understanding the term
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic substances that persist in the environment, accumulate in living organisms and pose a threat to our health and the environment. They can be transported across international borders by air, water or migratory species, and they can reach regions where they have never been produced or used. This requires international risk management, as the risks associated with these substances cannot be controlled by any one region alone.
How do POPs work?
POPs are regulated worldwide by the Stockholm Convention and the Aarhus Protocol. This legislation is implemented in the European Union by the POPs Regulation.
The POP Regulation aims to protect human health and the environment with specific control measures:
- Banning or severely restricting the manufacture, placing on the market and use of POPs
- Minimize the environmental release of POPs generated as industrial by-products
- Ensuring that stocks of restricted POPs are safely managed
- Disposing of waste consisting of or contaminated by POPs in an environmentally sound manner
Chemicals that have been identified as POPs include:
- Pesticides (such as DDT)
- Industrial chemicals (such as polychlorinated biphenyls, which were widely used in electrical equipment)
- Unintentional by-products resulting from industrial processes, decomposition or incineration (e.g. dioxins and furans)
Under the POPs Regulation, ECHA contributes to identifying new POPs in the EU and proposing them for the Stockholm Convention. The Agency receives and processes the information from the Member States implementing the Regulation and compiles it into a Union-wide overview. ECHA also supports the identification of necessary future EU action regarding the POPs implementation plan within the EU.
The ECHA Enforcement Forum coordinates a network of Member State authorities that are also responsible for enforcing the Regulation.
More information at: https://echa.europa.eu/understanding-pops
REACH Regulation (EG) Nr. 1907/2006
REACH is an EU chemicals regulation that came into force on June 1, 2007. REACH stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals.
To the best of our knowledge, no materials classified as hazardous are used in the manufacture of LAMTEC articles.
RoHS
Directive 2015/863/EU, also known as RoHS 3, is an extension of the original RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU. It includes additional restrictions for certain hazardous substances in electronic and electrical equipment.
Our products have been tested in accordance with the RoHS Directive and its extensions and comply with the specified restrictions for the following substances
- Lead (Pb)
- Mercury (Hg)
- Cadmium (Cd)
- Hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI))
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
- Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
- Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
- Dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
- Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP)
Our company conducts regular internal audits to ensure compliance with the RoHS Directive. We work closely with our suppliers to ensure that the components and materials they supply also comply with RoHS requirements.
TSCA
Under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, we are required to take action on persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT) chemicals to restrict the use or release of these substances in various industries to minimize potential impacts and risks to the environment and human health.
and risks to the environment and human health are minimized.
The following PBT chemicals are affected:
- Decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE), CAS 1163-19-5
- Phenol, isopropylated, phosphate 3:1 (PIP 3:1), CAS 68937-41-7
- 2,4,6-Tris(1,1-dimethylethyl)phenol (2,4,6-TTBP), CAS 732-26-3
- Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD), CAS 87-68-3
- Pentachlorobenzenethiol (PCTP), CAS 133-49-3
