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Chemical Testing Services from BLC

Chemical testing for restricted substances is essential to provide your customers with assurance that the chemical content of consumer products complies with the necessary chemical legislation.

Testing products for restricted substances also protects your business and workers in the supply chain from exposure to potentially harmful chemicals. In addition, chemical testing helps to protect the environment which can be affected by both manufacturing effluent and wastewater.

BLC provides a wide range of chemical testing and chemical management services for brands, retailers, manufacturers and chemical companies in the supply chain. BLC is an internationally accredited chemical testing laboratory and holds accreditations from UKAS (0076), ILAC and CPSC (1049).

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Popular Chemical Tests for Consumer Goods

BLC works with global brands and international retailers, as well as material manufacturers and chemical companies around the world, and has provided a shortlist of key chemical tests:

• Azo Dyes Testing
• Cadmium Testing – Total & Extractable Content
• Chrome VI Testing – Chromium VI / Chrome 6 / Cr⁶
• Formaldehyde Testing
• International Chemical Legislation & Compliance Testing
• Lead Testing – Total & Extractable Content
• MRSL Testing – Chemical Formulations & ZDHC
• Nickel Testing – Spot & Release Chemical Testing
• PFOS Testing to 1µg/m2
• REACH Testing – Annex XVII and SVHC’s
• RSL Testing – Restricted Substance List Testing
• Wet Blue Testing - Chemical Testing

* Please note, the above list of chemical tests is not exhaustive.

Chemical Testing by Material

BLC offers chemical testing for various materials used in consumer products, including:

• Leather
• Textiles
• Synthetics, plastics & biopolymers
• Metals & components
• Rubber
• Wood
• Adhesives
• Paints, pigments & coatings

Chemical Testing to International Chemical Regulations

Chemical compliance is often enforced by regional and national governments, therefore companies who retail, manufacture, import or distribute consumer products, will need to provide proof of chemical compliance. Failure to do so could have negative consequences such as fines, product recall, loss of sales, produce destruction and negative brand exposure.

BLC provides chemical testing and risk assessments to the following chemical regulations:

• California Proposition 65
• China GB Testing
• CPSC Regulations
• EU Packaging Directive Testing
• REACH Regulations and Compliance: Annex XVII and SVHC
• Toy Safety Directive (EN71) Testing

Contact BLC for Chemical Testing Today

If you would like further information on the full chemical testing services from BLC, view the chemical testing section on this website, email [email protected] or call +44 (0)1604 679 999 to speak to one of our chemical testing experts.