Heavy Metal

Lead

Lead is a bright silver soft metal that can enhance the color and make the color more vivid. Lead is a toxic metal that can harm nerves and cause blood and brain disorders. It can accumulate in soft tissues And bones. It is often used as a heat stabilizer for pigments and plastics.

EU: Entry 23 of the Annex XVII in REACH
RoHS
 

Cadmium

Cadmium is a soft, malleable, bluish-white divalent metal. Long-term exposure to air, food or water containing low concentrations of cadmium can cause osteoporosis and kidney failure .At the same time, cadmium and its compounds are carcinogenic. It is often used as a heat stabilizer for pigments, electroplating, plastics and battery industries.

Applicable standards:

EU: Entry 23 of the Annex XVII in REACH
RoHS

Mercury

Mercury is a silver-white liquid heavy metal. It is extremely toxic. It is usually used in lamps or thermometers, as well as in pigments.

Applicable standards:
Canada: CCPSA
RoHS

Soluble heavy metals

Lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, barium, arsenic, antimony and selenium etc.

Applicable standards:
US: ASTM F963
EU: EN71-3
AU/NZ: AS/NZS ISO 8124-3
Canada: CCPSA

hexavalent chromium

Chromium is a kind of iron gray, hard metal. There are three main valences: zero, positive three and positive six. Hexavalent chromium is highly toxic and carcinogenic. It is often used as an anti-corrosion additive and leather tanning It is also used as a pigment.

Applicable standards:
The 18th amendment to the Regulation of German Ordinance on Commodities --- Hexavalent chromium in leather
Entry 47 of Annex XVII in REACH
RoHS

Nickel release

Nickel is a silver-white bright metal with a slight golden color. It is mainly used to make alloys, as a pigment, battery industry and electroplating industry. Nickel and nickel compounds are also considered to be carcinogenic. It can mainly cause human skin sensitivity.

Applicable standards:
Entry 27 of Annex XVII in REACH