Intertek, a leading provider of quality solutions to industries, launched its Chemical Smart Screening Service, which is designed to detect presence of restricted substances in chemicals and auxiliaries used in textile, apparel and footwear manufacturing processes. This preventative measure benefits retailers and manufacturers by decreasing production costs, turnaround time and the need for re-handling. Only a single sample is needed to screen raw materials for around 400 common harmful substances carefully selected from major chemical regulations including Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), and US state chemical regulations like California’s Proposition 65 and CPSIA, as well as chemicals that are often included on companies’ own Restricted Substances Lists (RSL).
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Dr. Dirk von Czarnowski, Vice President Global Chemical at Intertek said, “With a number of industry-led initiatives like the Roadmap to Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC), apparel and footwear brands and retailers need solutions to monitor and improve environmental performance across their entire supply chain. Chemical Smart Screening offers customers the opportunity to perform chemical analysis at the initial stages of production, while supplementing Intertek’s other chemical management solutions.”
