Using Intertek’s Textile & Apparel Chemical Testing services, brands and retailers can ensure that your processes and products are free of high-risk chemicals and regulated chemicals
Intertek conducts chemical testing for compliance to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) and EU's Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemical Substances - EC1907/2006 Regulation (REACH), as well as for chemicals within company-directed restricted substances list (RSL) programs.
Intertek can help you gain greater visibility into the environmental impacts of your textile and apparel manufacturing process as well as your products at various stages of production, through chemical inventory audits, IPE audits and wastewater effluent testing.
Intertek offers Chemical Certification Testing in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. In the 5 years that Intertek's Chemical Certification Testing has been available, we have built a database of nearly 2,500 chemicals certified from 350 different companies.
Intertek tests for hazardous chemicals such as:
- Phthalates
- Brominated and chlorinated flame retardants
- Azo dyes
- Organotin compounds
- Chlorobenzenes
- Chlorinated solvents
- Chlorophenols
- SCCPs
- Heavy metals
- PFAS
Case Studies
- Carbon Footprint Measurement and Verification (149kb PDF)
- Certification Scheme for Recycled PET (649kb PDF)
- Using Green Manufacturing Practices to Promote Sustainability (105kb PDF)
Brochures
- ZDHC Accepted Laboratory (606kb PDF)
- Chemical Management (1.2mb PDF)
- DETOX Wastewater and Sludge Testing (1.69mb PDF)
- Chemical Management Auditing (560kb PDF)
