The European Union has worked hard to ensure that chemicals deemed a risk are not being used in manufacturing of products on an industrial level as well as products used on a day to day consumer level . These chemicals could have an adverse affect on both our environment and human health. Prohibiting these harmful chemical substances from use is a top priority and that is why the European Union has chosen to adopt a program called REACH.
What Is REACH?
The term REACH or Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals is a regulation that has been put in place to help protect both human health and the environment by making companies provide proof of which chemicals they are using during manufacturing and final products.
Compliance With REACH
In order for companies to become compliant with the REACH regulation, they must identify and manage all risks that may be associated with the products they use during the manufacturing and marketing process.
If there are chemical substances that pose a threat, companies must demonstrate how these chemicals can be safely used and companies must also clearly communicate risk management measures to all users.
If there are extremely hazardous chemicals being used, companies are being urged to substitute the dangerous chemicals with chemicals that have proven to be less dangerous on both the environment and human health.
Which Substances Are Considered Dangerous?
A list of dangerous substance or chemicals has been created. This list is called the “Candidate List of substances of very high concern for Authorisation,” or SVHC for short. Substances which are considered dangerous can be found in an easy to read table at the following web address:http://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table. This information is provided freely to both consumers and manufacturers alike.
Brown Metals Company and Reach
At Brown Metals Company, we do not manufacture any of the products we sell. We are a distributor who also provides other important services such as shearing, edge contouring and slitting. We have contacted all of our vendors and they have determined that products sold to Brown Metals Company for distribution do not contain significant amounts of chemicals or substances located on the SVHC. Because of this, our products are considered compliant with the regulations put in place by the European Union.
