November 21, 2011 China textile newspaper

In order to further improve Oeko-Tex Standard 100 (ecological textile the authentication Standard) marks the safety of textiles, and at the same time, in order to promote Oeko-Tex system Oeko-Tex 100 authentication and Oeko-Tex 1000 authentication of the more harmonious and better union, international environmental textile group said yesterday, since January 2012, the APEO NPEO, OPEO, NP, OP will be included in the scope of testing.

According to information, alkyl phenol oxygen vinyl ether together (APEO) mainly includes: nonylphenols gather oxygen ethylene ether (NPEO) and nonylphenols (NP). These substances are often referred to as a surface active agent for textile production and processing, such as detergent, industrial cleaning agents, dispersant, wetting agents and other industrial chemicals. Although is not yet a recognized research results can be straightforward, dressed in the clothes of NPEO contains chemical harm human body health, but such chemicals on the environment big harm existing has become widespread consensus. NPEO and NP were not degradation kind material, once released into the environment, will be accumulated and with NP form into people daily food chain, pollution in the food chain food, which cause harm to human body health.

In the environmental friendly factory in authentication Oeko-Tex Standard 1000, international environmental textile association (Oeko-Tex) limit such ecological harmful surface active agent (and also includes OP octyl phenol and OPEO octyl phenol gather oxygen ethylene ether) use, and has become Oeko-Tex Standard 1000 authentication of the important investigation project. Based on is not yet a recognized data show that the surfactant immediate harm to human health, so the association's Oeko-Tex Standard 100 authentication of ecological textile, although the investigation of harmful substances and chemicals as high as 300 many, but not surfactant kind material into the investigation range.

In order to enhance Oeko-Tex Standard 100 authentication of textiles safety, environmental friendly textile association international will since January 2012, will be the new assessment material and its limited value added to Oeko-Tex evaluation list, the certification, the enterprise will be from April 1,, comply with the above material regulations. Specific restrictions as follows: NP: 100 PPM, OP: 100 PPM, NP (1-9) EO total: 1000 PPM, NP (1-9) EO total: 1000 PPM.

The agency officials say, Oeko-Tex 100 standard of NPEO, NP the expansion of substances such as inspection, will promote the textile industry to reduce use of surface active agent, global textile industry chain so as to promote the healthy development of the green. International environmental textile association will immediately in the retail in the supervision of purchasing the certification of product inspection the surface active substances, to remind the certification of such material enterprise attention, and help enterprise supply chain link in production identification and avoid such material inflows. In addition, the association member institute 15 companies belong in the conventional on site audit (once every 3 years), will also be timely and enterprise share APEO kind material used to remove information.

Source "the Chinese textile nets"

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