Microplastics
Analysis, consultancy and regulatory updating specific to microplastics, particles of plastic material that pose a threat to human health.
We offer specific services for the production of articles that are safe and that comply with the relative regulatory framework; in 2019, the ECHA (European Chemicals Agency) proposed wide-ranging restrictions on microplastics, and in October of 2023 a significant update came with the publication of Regulation 2005/2023 amending Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) no. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as regards synthetic polymer microparticles.
We have advanced microscope technology:
- FT-IR_Microscopy: FT-IR microscopy provides the dimension and polymeric nature of microplastics.
- RAMAN microscopy: Raman microscopy provides the quantity, polymeric dimension and nature of microplastics (to 1μm).
Analysis of:
- Drinking water
- Process water
- Waste water
- Sludge
- Food simulants
- Packaging
- Foodstuffs
