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prEN 17937

Regulated chemicals in products - Determination of the content of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by gas chromatography coupled to mass-spectrometry in plastic and rubber in articles supplied to the general public that come into direct contact with human skin and oral cavity prEN 17937

Publication date:   Mar 30, 2023

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40.60 Close of voting   Apr 13, 2023

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CEN/TC 462

European Norm

71.080.15   Aromatic hydrocarbons | 83.140.01   Rubber and plastics products in general

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This document specifies a method to determine the total content of the 8 regulated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), see Table 1, in plastic and rubber articles by using GC-MS allowing detection at 0,1 mg PAHs/kg for plastic and 0,2 mg PAHs/kg for rubber material.
Table 1 - List of PAHs
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NOTE Other PAHs compounds can also be analysed with this method, provided suitability has been proven.

Related legislation

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1907/2006

Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC

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prEN 17937
40.60 Close of voting
Apr 13, 2023