Scan4Chem

By Umweltbundesamt

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Protect your self and the surroundings towards chemical compounds of very excessive concern! You have the right to acquire information about the presence of such substances in merchandise corresponding to toys, sports articles, furnishings, electrical appliances, or garments. Substances of very excessive concern (SVHCs) are chemical substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, or significantly harmful to the surroundings. With Scan4Chem you ought to use the barcode of a product to acquire information about any SVHCs it accommodates.

This means you can study and keep away from products containing substances of very high concern. With your enquiry, you signal to companies that you do not want to make use of such merchandise. The legislators have created a proper to request data. Make use of it!

Product suppliers can enter their info in a database that is associated with the app, so that the data is on the market to the app users at any time. If no info is contained in the database, the app helps to generate and transmit your request. The more requests app-users submit then the more entries product suppliers will make within the database. You may help to make the app higher, so that it goes to be used more and more! You usually are not alone: the app is already obtainable in 15 European nations, and will develop to cover all of Europe!

Background:

The European Union REACH regulation specifies that buyers have a proper to request details about substances of very excessive concern in products. If you make such a request, the supplier is obliged to tell you about any such substances contained at a focus above 0.1% by weight. The product suppliers bear sole accountability for the response and its correctness.

The right to know applies for “articles”, i.e. for most merchandise and packaging, but not for meals or certain merchandise such as cosmetics, cleaning products, or floor coatings which are coated by their own special laws. If a product is made up of varied parts, such as a bicycle, then the provider must provide information about all the person parts (e.g. handlebar grips).

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