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BLC Rated ‘Excellent’ for PFOA / PFOS Testing in Textiles

BLC has recently received a Certificate of Excellence from the Institute for Interlaboratory Studies (iis) based in the Netherlands, for the proficiency test PFOA / PFOS for Textile (pt: iis17A05). Perfluorooctane Sulphonate (PFOS) has been classified as persistent, bio-accumulative and

EU Proposes to Regulate PFOA under Annex XVII of REACH

The European Union (EU) has published a proposal to regulate PFOA, perfluorooctanoic acid, its salts and other PFOA-related substances under Annex XVII of REACH. If adopted, the restriction will be implemented in 2020. According to definitions; ‘PFOA related substances’ are