India consults on chemical standards for plastics and resins
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) started a reinvestigation of the use of eight chemical standards in plastics, resins, moulding, and extrusion materials. The standards outline all the procedures, sampling methods, and tests that companies must follow while working with these compounds.
The standards cover:
| Substance | Comment Deadline |
| 4-nonylphenol | May 11 |
| 4-octylphenol (4-tert-octylphenol) | May 11 |
| hexamethyldisilazane | May 18 |
| polyolefin elastomer (POE) | May 18 |
| ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) | May 18 (part 1), May 8 (part 2) |
| Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) | May 18 (part 1), May 8 (part 2) |
The Indian body also proposed changing some of the requirements, sample techniques, and testing in the following standards:
| Standards | Comment Deadline |
| Polycarbonate moulding and extrusion materials | May 21 |
| 2018 positive list of colourants in FCMs | June 19 |
| Polyalkylene terephthalate (PET and PBT), their copolymers and the list of constituents in raw materials and end products in FCMs | May 20 |
| Styrene (vinyl benzene) | June 17 |
