In today's global textiles and apperals manufacturing industries as well as in the consumer end,the awareness of few chemicals which are essential to use in their product to finish it as per end use requirements.
The chemical used by mainly wet processing industries are facing challenges to meet their market requirements in terms of chemical testing as per laws and regulations laid by the governing bodies of importing countries.But there is no excuse or relax to meet it by regulatory compliance.
What are those regulations,what they say ?.They said not to use chemicals listed and banned globally,which are harmful to the human health as well as surrounding environment.Go for green chemistry in textiles, apperals and footwear production.And avoid hazardous chemicals in the stages of manufacturing and finishing.Hazardous chemicals even cause for cancer in turn to death.
AAFA (American Apperal & Footwear Associations),an environmental oriented group and AFIRM (Apparel and Footwear International RSL Management) group, are both engaged fully in helping textile, apperal and footwear Industries to produce RSL (Restricted Substances List ) free products & supply to reach end consumer with the safe products.
The major countries like USA,EU,JAPAN, CHINA, involved in Export/Import of Textile,Apparel and Footwear have laid their own laws and regulations in particular about permitting acceptable amount of banned chemicals in their imported goods.Some chemicals are totally prohibited by them.
Why I am writing this note is,it's one of the global heart burning topic of complying to the regulations and keep the earth and it's lifes safe.
The endangered issues like Global warming,Increased population,Environmental pollution,Deforestation,Unbalancing of Seasons of nature, Factory releases,Decrease in the population of wild or forest animals,Dyeing of Aquarian animals, Scarcity of safe drinking water are threatening the upcoming generations.
More than this,the other threatening issue is chemical content of the products produced by man.Ex:The consumer man or woman or children who purchases the goods finished with banned chemicals may be a victim of skin infections or cancer or other deceases.Its case to case,not always.
Below are few globally banned chemical examples listing below,which are permanently prohibited or permitted little amount in their imported manufactured goods.These permissions are varies country to country.
Lead
Mercury
Nickel
Antimony,
Arsenic
Formaldehyde
PFOS(Perfluorooctane sulfonate)
PFOA(Perfluorooctane acid)
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
pH Value
Etc,..
The chemical content permission (for its imported goods )of specific goods receipt country are available in the list provided by AAFA.We can not highlight those data in this note.
Examples of permission level of chemical content are in micro livel as below:
Lead : 0.1 ppm
Mercury : 0.02 ppm
Nickel : 1.0 ppm
Formaldehyde : Not detected for 0 to 36 months child
Formaldehyde : 75 ppm for 36 and above has goods direct skin touch
Formaldehyde : up to 300ppm for goods has not touch the skin.
PFOS : 1 angstrom unit per meter square
Etc,.....
WHO ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR RSL COMPLIANCE IN TEXTILE & APPAREL INDUSTRIES ?
Participation of one or two sections of the clothing industries will not help in supplying RSL free product to end consumer.This is an involvement of supply chain from fiber production stage to garment seller stage.
Firstly,chemical supplier at bottom stage who supplies his chemical to yarn mill,weaving mill,dyeing mill,finishing mill and garment treatment units has great responsibility for RSL free end product.And has to produce third party PASS chemical test report to his immediate customer.
Secondly,The yarn or fabric wet processor has to purchase chemicals with PASS test report.And after finishing his wet processing,the dyed, finished goods are to be tested at third party to supply his yarn or fabric with PASS test report to garment manufacturer.
Thirdly,the received fabric to be cut for stitching only after receipt of PASS test report from fabric supplier.Once garment is finished to pack it,garment factory has to produce third party PASS chemical test report to garment buyers.If PASS,garments shipment will move for consumer use.
This is how,the most global apparel brands are expected to process their merchandise with RSL free.
The material development team is responsible for RSL free product supply in each section of clothing industry.
Source:Based on industrial experience of the Author/Blogger.
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