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SECTION 2: Hazards identification

packing and

2.2 Label elements

hazardous substances did not think it necessary to include fa Y carcinogenic risks, Most European Union member nations have transposed this Direc national law and adopted the same conclusions: Country Austria Belgium French implementation by on 24/2/99 Denmark Finland Landskapfor ordning Chemicals 16.12.98 France Arrété ministerial du 28/ 08/9 Germany 4" adaptation of the German Gefa Great Britain a zard Information and i packaging for supply) 998. 6/1/99 Greece Netherlands 2001) Ireland ing, Labelling and Notification of Dangerous nt N°2 Regulation 1998. Effect on December | Grand Ducal du 31/10/98 ble KITES 1998:7 ypational Safety and Health Administration) and NTP (U.S. National . Toxicology riogram), official American organisations, have not listed glass yarns for ., textiles as

Hazardous Ingredients

and the ACGIH (American Conference of © new studies have led the organisations to revise their position on this subject. é Most laws and studies concerning respirable fibres do not apply to cont filaments glass yarns for textiles. For example, e the concentration of respirable fibres on the atmosphere (1.5 fil by French circular 95/04 Dated 12/01/1995 (in addition to 1 19/07/1982) from the French Ministry for Work does not apply to glass & e cancer risk index KI defined in German TRGS 905 / non- respirable continuous filament glass fibres. Epidemiological and laboratory studies No epidemiological and laboratory studies carried out w Several recent epidemiological studies (Chiay absence of excessive mortality due to A recent study published in 2000 by, M (Institute sf Occupational Medicine in Edinburgh) addressed the inhalation U-glass microfibres by animals at fibres demonstrated carcinogenic risk. These mic} fibres are not part of the product range produced and sold bysU “Valmiera Glass Fibre” and these findings are not ss yarns described in this MSDS. Handling glass fibres When glass fibres are tk atmospheres are 50 to 100 times lower than all the limits but when there is a high risk of dust generation it is strongly is not biodegradable. ‘zs or binders are organic materials which are slowly and only partially dissolved by ural agents like water. As the concentration of the ingredients in the mixture and ingredient solubility are low and as they have not been classified as hazardous, glass yarns are considered to have no adverse eco-toxicological effects. Glass fibres and sizing products were not listed as products likely to destroy\\u2018he ozone layer by the 1987 Montreal Protocol (Class 1 or Class 2). These lists included in EC Regulation n° 3093/94 and in section VI of amendme Air Act” by the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Glass fibre sizes do not contain PCB (Polychlorinated biphenyl) or/and 0 polyaromatic products of the same type. q \