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water pipes
October 30, 2020
Position supports recasting EU Drinking Water Directive to consider safety of materials that come into contact with drinking water; will specify minimum hygiene requirements, create positive lists of material starting substances, compositions, and chemical constituents
Topics: water pipes
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January 15, 2020
European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) tasked with creating list of substances approved for use in materials that contact drinking water; first draft expected to contain 1,500 substances, be adopted by 2024; substance approval will be time limited and subject to reassessment
Topics: ECHA, water pipes
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August 8, 2018
German economic and energy ministry to amend assessment of metals for drinking water contact, adds copper-tin-phosphorus alloys to positive list
Topics: metals, water pipes
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July 2, 2018
EU environment ministers call for same level of safety for products in contact with drinking water as for materials in contact with food
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June 9, 2017
Industry association calls for harmonized EU legislation on materials in contact with drinking water; proposal by EU Commission expected by end of 2017
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April 3, 2017
Scientists analyze French natural mineral waters and spring waters at bottling plants; hormones, pharmaceuticals, phthalates not detected; few samples contain low levels of herbicides, alkylphenols, or PFASs
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February 9, 2017
Formula-fed infants and toddlers in U.S. exposed to lead mainly from water and food, respectively, according to new report by Environmental Protection Agency
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September 1, 2016
Ensia article informs about plastic water piping material PEX; discusses what is known and unknown about the material’s composition and what leaches out into water
Topics: NIAS, water pipes
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July 22, 2016
Sweden announces ban on BPA in water pipe linings, effective from September 1, 2016
Topics: bisphenol A, water pipes
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May 30, 2016
European drinking water association calls for harmonized EU-wide implementation of the Drinking Water Directive and common approach for acceptance of materials and products in contact with drinking water
Topics: water pipes
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