OEKO-TEX limits chromium VI to comply with REACh
16/01/2015
The new values will come into force on April 1.
In the future, there will be differences in the check for chromium VI in leather and in other materials. For leather materials, EN ISO 17075, which considers special matrix effects for the testing of leather, will be taken account of as well as the new European (EU) legal regulation no. 301/2014 and regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006 (REACh), respectively.
The quantification limit for chromium VI is defined as 3.0 mg/kg. The requirement for leather materials with regard to chromium VI will be <3.0 mg/kg (below the limit of detection) in every product class of the OEKO-TEX Standard 100.
For other materials, the previous requirement of <0.5 mg/kg continues to apply.
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