The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is reinvestigating the use of eight chemical standards in plastics, resins, moulding, and extrusion materials.
The standards cover:
|
Substance |
Comment Deadline |
|
4-nonylphenol |
May 11 |
|
4-octylphenol (4-tert-octylphenol) |
May 11 |
|
hexamethyldisilazane |
May 18 |
|
polyolefin elastomer (POE) |
May 18 |
|
ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) |
May 18 (part 1), May 8 (part 2) |
|
poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) |
May 18 (part 1), May 8 (part 2) |
The standards outline all the procedures, sampling methods, and tests that companies must employ while working with these compounds.
The BIS also proposed changing some of the requirements, sample techniques, and testing in the following standards:
