Recently, the German AfPS
published a new standard AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK on polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs) limits in products that are subject to the GS Certification.
The new standard will come into effective on July 1st, 2020, and the
old document AfPS GS 2014: 01 PAK will lose its validity after June 30, 2020.
Compared with the old
standard, the new one AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK has two significant updates,
includes:
1) Three substances are
deleted, which are Acenaphthylene, Acenaphthene and Fluorene.
2) The category content are
modified:
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Category 1
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Materials
intended to be put into the mouth, or materials in toys according to
Directive 2009/48/EC or in articles used by children up to three years old
that with intended long-term skin contact (longer than 30 s)
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Category2
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Materials that are not
in Category1, with long-term skin contact (longer than 30s) or repeated
short-term skin contact when used for intended or foreseeable purposes
a. Used by children *
b. Other consumer
products
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Category3
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Materials not covered
in Category 1 or Category 2, with short-term skin contact (up to 30 s) when
used for intended or foreseeable purposes
a. Used by children *
b. Other consumer
products
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*Children legally defined as a "child" is a person before the age
of 14.
Used by children includes both active and
passive direct contact by children.
Below the updated limit table:
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Parameter
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Category
1
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Category2
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Category
3
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Materials
intended to be put into the mouth, or materials in toys according to
Directive 2009/48/EC or in articles used by children up to three years old that
with intended
long-term skin contact(longer than 30 s)
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Materials
that are not in Category1, with long-term skin contact (longer than 30s) or
repeated short-term skin contact when used for intended or foreseeable
purposes
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Materials
not covered in Category 1 or Category 2, with short-term skin contact (up to
30 s) when used for intended or foreseeable purposes
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a.
Used by children
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b.
Other consumer products
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a.
Used by children
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b.
Other consumer products
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Naphthalene
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< 1
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< 2
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< 10
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Phenanthrene
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Total < 1
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Total < 5
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Total < 10
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Total < 20
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Total < 50
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Anthracene
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Fluoranthene
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Pyrene
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Benzo[a]anthracene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Chrysene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[b]fluoranthene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[k]fluoranthene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[a]pyrene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[g,h,i]perylene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[j]fluoranthene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Benzo[e]pyrene
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< 0.2
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< 0.2
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< 0.5
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< 0.5
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< 1
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Sum of 15 PAHs
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< 1
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< 5
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< 10
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< 20
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< 50
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Further Information: AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK
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