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Manufacture, use & exposure

Uses at industrial sites

Uses at industrial sites

Use name:
Manufacture of contact lenses
Contributing activity / technique for the environment
Environmental release category (ERC):
ERC4: Use of non-reactive processing aid at industrial site (no inclusion into or onto article)
Contributing activity / technique for workersopen allclose all
Process category (PROC):
PROC 3: Manufacture or formulation in the chemical industry in closed batch processes with occasional controlled exposure or processes with equivalent containment conditions
Process category (PROC):
PROC 5: Mixing or blending in batch processes
Process category (PROC):
PROC 8b: Transfer of substance or mixture (charging and discharging) at dedicated facilities
Process category (PROC):
PROC 9: Transfer of substance or mixture into small containers (dedicated filling line, including weighing)
Product category used:
PC 29: Pharmaceuticals
PC 39: Cosmetics, personal care products
Sector of end use:
SU 10: Formulation [mixing] of preparations and/or re-packaging (excluding alloys)
SU 20: Health services
SU 0: Other: manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
Substance supplied to that use in form of:
in a mixture
Subsequent service life relevant for this use:
no