|
List of undesirable
Substances (LOUS) 2009
The Danish LOUS consists
of 40 substances/groups of substances selected for
their problematic effects according to criteria
defined by the Danish EPA. The list is meant as a
signal to manufacturers and formulators and others
about which substances they can focus on in their
work with substitution or stop their usage.
Surfactants - such as
Sulphonates - that do not completely break down
under anaerobic conditions are now excluded from the
LOUS 2009 (See the Annex D - Substances removed from
the previous LOUS -). Changed patterns of
consumption have shown that the substances do not
pose the same problem with regard to the waste
stream. Further data also shows that LAS is not as
problematic as previously thought.
http://www.mst.dk/English/Chemicals/Substances_and_materials/Lists+of+substances/)
|
