REACH Testing Services
REACH testing represents Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals which came into effect on 1st June 2007
Rich Experience in conducting EU REACH testing services for a wide range of products- Industrial / Specialty chemicals, Plant Protection Products, Biocides, Additives, Paints and Dyes, Polymers etc.,
- Industrial Chemicals (REACH Regulation 1907/2006)- Annexure VII to X
- Plant Protection Products (EU Regulation 1107/2009)
- Biocides (Biocidal Products Regulation 528/2012)
Analytical Methods
- Determination of AI content
- Validation of analytical method
- Analysis of five batches
Physico-chemical testing
- Spectral data (MS, NMR, IR, UV /Vis)
- Melting point/ freezing, boiling point
- Relative density
- Vapor pressure
- Solubility in water and organic solvents
- Auto/self-ignition temperature
- Partition coefficient n-octanol
- Flash point
- Explosive properties
- Flammability
- Surface tension
- Granulometry
- Oxidizing properties
- Dissociation constant
- Viscosity &
- Others
Toxicological Studies
Acute Toxicity
- Acute oral toxicity
- Acute dermal toxicity
- Acute inhalation toxicity
Skin Irritation/ Corrosion
- In vitro human skin model test
- In vitro membrane barrier test method for skin corrosion
- In vitro transcutaneous electrical resistance test
- In vitro reconstructed human epidermis test method
- Acute toxicity: skin irritation/ corrosion
Eye Irritation/ Corrosion
- In vitro bovine corneal opacity and permeability test
- In vitro isolated chicken eye test method
- Acute toxicity: irritation / corrosion
Skin Sensitisation
- Guinea pig maximisation test
- Skin sensitisation – Local Lymph Node Assay
Phototoxicity
- In vitro 3T3 NRU phototoxicity test
Repeated Dose Toxicity
- Repeated dose 28/90 -day oral toxicity studies
- Repeated dose dermal toxicity: 21/28-day studies
- Dermal toxicity: 28/ 90-day study
- Inhalation toxicity: 28/90 day studies
Long Term Toxicity and Carcinogenicity
- Chronic toxicity test
- Carcinogenicity studies
- Combined chronic toxicity/ carcinogenicity study
Genotoxicity Study
- Bacterial reverse mutation test
- In vitro mammalian cell micronucleus test
- In vitro mammalian cell chromosome aberration test
- In vitro gene mutation assay mammalian cells
- In vitro comet assay
- In vivo micronucleus erythrocyte assay in mammals
- Mammalian erythrocyte micronucleus test
- Mammalian bone marrow chro¬mosome aberration test
Reproduction & Generational Studies
- Pre-existing developmental toxicity study
- One and two generation reproduction toxicity
- Extended one-generation reproduction toxicity
Ecotoxicology Studies
- Acute toxicity for fish
- Acute immobilisation & Reproduction test-Daphnia
- Growth inhibition Test –Algae & Lemna sp.
- Acute oral, dietary, sub-chronic and reproductive toxicity to birds
- Honeybees, acute oral & contact toxicity
- Activated sludge, respiration inhibition
- Earthworm reproduction test
- Collembolan reproduction test in soil
- Predatory mite (hypoaspis (geolaelaps) aculeifer) reproduction test
- Seedling emergence & seedling growth test
- Vegetative vigour test
- and others…
Fate & Behaviour in the Environment
- Hydrolysis as a function of pH
- Adsorption-desorption
- Biodegradability test