"bisphénol A";BPA;"bisphenol A"
Lining water pipes (applying resin to their walls) helps to prevent their deterioration. BPA-based resins are commonly used to line the pipes of drinking-water systems. This mini-dossier reviews the challenges in this area and the technical solutions currently available.
Tetra-bromo bisphenol A (TBBPA) is a substance that belongs to the family of bisphenols and is used in plastics as a reactant or additive for its properties of flame retardant.
When used as a reagent, TBBPA is modified in the resin and is linked by chemical bonds. The two main applications are: the constituent epoxy resins of printed circuits and the epoxy resins used to encapsulate some electronic components from printed circuits. TBBPA is also used marginally as a reagent in other plastics and resins.
This search tool is a table in Microsoft® Excel format summarizing all the alternatives to bisphenols compiled by INERIS and mentioned in the SNA website. Via this table, you can search alternatives: for a sector of activity (for instance: food containers, drinking water…), for a specific application (for example: food cans, cans, paints …), in order to replace a specific material (for instance: BPA-based epoxy resins, BPA-based polycarbonates).
This document was published in September 2015 by the Committee for Socio-economic Analysis (SEAC) and the Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) of ECHA (European CHemicals Agency). This report is based on both:
