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Testing and Evaluation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in GS Certification according to AfPS GS 2019:01 PAK
| Maximum Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Products (mg/kg) | |||||
| Item | Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | ||
| / | Materials intended to be placed in the mouth, OR materials intended for prolonged skin contact (>30 seconds) in toys (under Directive 2009/48/EC) or in products for children aged 3 years and under | Materials not included in Category 1 which are intended to come into prolonged contact with the skin (>30 seconds), OR materials intended for repeated short-term contact with the skin | Materials not included in Category 1 and 2 which are intended to come into short-term contact with the skin (≤30 seconds) | ||
| Children's Products | Other Consumer Products | Children's Products | Other Consumer Products | ||
| Naphthalene | < 1 | < 2 | < 10 | ||
| Phenanthrene | Sum of PAHs < 1 | Sum of PAHs < 5 | Sum of PAHs < 10 | Sum of PAHs < 20 | Sum of PAHs < 50 |
| Anthracene | |||||
| Fluoranthene | |||||
| Pyrene | |||||
| Benzo[a]anthracene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Chrysene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[b]fluoranthene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[k]fluoranthene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[a]pyrene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Dibenzo[a,h]anthracene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[j]fluoranthene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Benzo[e]pyrene | < 0.2 | < 0.2 | < 0.5 | < 0.5 | < 1 |
| Sum of 15 PAHs | < 1 | < 5 | < 10 | < 20 | < 50 |
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