date:Jun 06, 2012
y body carried out the assessment following a request from the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Sports, the Netherlands. The Dutch agency made the referral after receiving an application from the company The Valspar Corporation, UK.
Migration tests
According to the Valspar, the substance is a polymeric additive made from methacrylic acid, 2,3- epoxypropyl ester - also called glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) - copolymerised with alkyl methacrylate and/or alkyl acrylate (alkyl = C1-C4).
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