Posted on Tuesday, 14th October 2008 - 7:34 pm
NEW EU Chemical Law Comes Into Force
The European Union has approved a new chemical law to replace
regulation that is over 40 years old. But the new EU chemicals
legislation (REACH) is in critical condition, according to health,
environment, and consumer groups.
The
law is designed to make firms prove the thousands of chemicals they
use in products from cars to clothes are safe. It comes after years of wrangling between firms keen to avoid
more red tape and environmentalists seeking to cut the use of
hazardous pollutants. Reach has been
described as the most important piece of EU legislation for 20
years.
It
puts the onus on business rather than public authorities to test
chemicals for safety - including the thousands of chemicals that
have been used for years without proper understanding of their
effect on health or the environment. It is also meant to encourage the replacement of hazardous
chemicals with safer ones, and to spur
innovation.However, environmentalists had
always hoped the law would go further than it did in its final
version - and industry groups still say it went too
far.
"This deal is an early
Christmas present for the chemicals industry, rewarding it for its
intense and underhand lobbying campaign," said Green MEP
Caroline Lucas.
Alain Perroy, director
general of the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) said his
members regretted the "unnecessary requirements"
introduced for authorisation of chemicals.
Manufacturers will have to come up with plans to replace the
most hazardous chemicals, but they will not be banned outright as
environmentalists had hoped.While the EU said
the deal improved the safety standard of chemicals, green lobbyists
were angered by what they saw as the EU bowing to industry
pressure.Conservation body the WWF said the
final text of Reach "was not the complete disaster that it
would have been if the chemical industry lobby had succeeded in all
their wrecking tactics" but said it left a number of
substantial problems unsolved.It also warned
that the deal would continue to allow potentially harmful chemicals
into the environment.
"This regulation will affect small businesses
that manufacture or import chemicals in the EU as well as those
using chemical preparations in their industrial or commercial
activities," it said.
It said that the cost of complying with the new rules would hit
small firms "especially hard" because they were
"least able to absorb costs or pass them on to their
customers, unlike larger businesses".
With the right advice small firms can do
their bit without being left exposed to prosecution due to their
understandable lack of resources and specialised
knowledge."
EU nations will have until 2018 to implement the
new rules
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Posted on Wednesday, 8th October 2008 - 9:51 pm
Additions To The Wiper Family
 Ramon Hygiene Products has added two new
products to its Wet Wipe range – a hand degreasing wipe and
skin cleansing wipe.
In keeping with the company's other wet wipes the new
versions are supplied in easy-to-use dispensers with lids that
seal air tight to keep the wipes moist.
The Hand Degreasing Wipes, designed to clean and moisturise
heavily soiled hands, are supplied 75 sheets to a tub, 10 tubs to
a case and the sheets are 200 x 230mm. Skin Cleansing Wipes are
supplied 200 sheets to a tub, 10 tubs to a case and the sheets
are 200 x 200mm. Ramon also offers Sanitising Surface Wipes, Hand
Wipes, Probe Wipes,VDU Wipes, Handy Wipes and Graffiti
Wipes.
These wipes can be found on our website under
Wipes
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Posted on Wednesday, 8th October 2008 - 9:41 pm
Chemicals That Work
No Escape for the
Superbug
 Ultrafresh cleaner and disinfectant has been
proven to kill both Clostridium Difficile and MRSA, according to
Clover Chemicals.
The company says that in testing carried out by an independent
laboratory, the product was proven to kill C. Difficile spores at
a dilution of 1:20, in accordance with BS EN 13704.This is in
addition to Ultrafresh's 99.999% kill rate against MRSA and
other bacteria according to BS EN 1276.
With a neutral formulation, the product is suitable for daily use
on all water washable floors and hard surfaces.The company
particularly recommends Ultrafresh for use in care homes for
disinfecting washroom surfaces, hand rails, door handles, tables,
mobility equipment and any other surfaces where repeated hand
contact may spread infection.
In addition to providing reliable disinfection, it neutralises
any unpleasant odours, leaving a fresh, long-lasting pine
fragrance – useful in washrooms where malodour can be a
problem. Change your cleaning habbits to Ultrafresh before its
too late.
This product can be found on our website under the
heading Disinfectants.
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Posted on Thursday, 4th September 2008 - 12:49 am
Combatting The Superbug MRSA
Use Our Effective Cleaning
Products to Combat the Superbug.
Cases of infection caused by
Methycillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) are on the
increase in the care sector. However, the dangers of this
virulent superbug are not limited to hospitals. MRSA infection
can actually occur In any communal establishment and can have
potentially disastrous consequences to health. Infection outbreaks can be prevented and controlled with
regular cleaning and disinfection using proven products. It is
therefore vital for purchasers of cleaning products to ensure
that the disinfectant used in their establishment has been
successfully tested against MRSA. E Shop
Supplies sell a wide range of disinfectants and
sanitisers, all of which have been scientifically proven to
kill MRSA. Designed for daily use to maintain clean and
hygienic conditions.
BSEN 1276: Proof of
effective infection control
The only disinfectants that
provide reliable control of MRSA are those that have been
tested to BS EN 1276 (European standard for the bactericidal
activity of chemical disinfectants) against a specified strain
of MRSA. E Shop Supplies is a main distributor for
Clover Chemicals and
their disinfectants have been tested against MRSA NCTC
12493. Testing was carried out and validated by
an independent laboratory. BS EN 1276 proves a bacteria kill rate of 99.999% with a 5
minute contact time. Any product with a lesser kill rate is not
effective enough to ensure reliable infection control.
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Posted on Thursday, 4th September 2008 - 12:48 am
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