LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATE (LAS) - UNEP Chemicals

OECD SIDS LINEAR ALKYLBENZENE SULFONATE (LAS)
1.4 ADDITIVES
1.5 QUANTITY
Value: None
Remarks: No additives
(a)
Remarks: Year 2000 data, as reported in a Colin A. Houston report, indicate an
estimated volume of LAS consumption in North America (United States and
Canada combined) as 390,000 metric tonnes.
Reference: Colin A. Houston. 2002. Surfactant Developments. Forecast to 2010. A
Multiclient Study. Colin A. Houston & Associates, Inc., August 2002.
(b)
Remarks: In a market survey completed by ECOSOL in 2000, companies in Europe
reported a total consumption of LAS of approximately 400,000 metric
tonnes. This includes CAS numbers 1322-98-1, 25155-30-0, 68411-30-3,
85117-50-6 and 90194-45-9.
Reference: HERA. 2004. HERA-LAS Human and Environmental Risk Assessment:
Linear Alkylbenzene Sulphonates, LAS. CAS No. 68411-30-3, Version 2.0,
May 2004; available at www.heraproject.com.
(c)
Remarks: Total LAS production for the companies surveyed in the most recent year for
which data are available (generally 2002) was approximately 430,000 metric
tonnes. Almost half of this production (198,000 metric tonnes) occurred in
North America (United States and Canada combined). Production in Europe,
as reported by the member companies surveyed, was approximately 152,000
metric tonnes. Data cited above in (a) and (b) for LAS consumption in the
United States and Europe are viewed as the more reliable estimates, because
all LAS producers are not included in the coalition member survey.
Production in Japan, where all the LAS producers are members of the
consortium, was 85,000 metric tonnes and is considered a reliable estimate.
Reference: Industry Coalition for the SIDS Assessment of LAS Survey conducted in
2002 (LAS SIDS Consortium Survey, 2002).
(d)
Remarks: More than 1 million tonnes per annum produced globally based on: (1) 364
to 415 ktonnes produced annually in U.S. from 1987 to 199l; (2) 400 ktonne
produced in Western Europe and 2570 ktonnes world-wide in 1995; (3) 950
ktonnes produced in Europe, North America and Japan in 1994; (4) 2 million
tonnes consumed world-wide in 1990; (5) 410 ktonne produced in Western
Europe, 2.6 million tonnes worldwide in 1995.
Reference: (1) CHIMICA OGGI, Sept. 1998
(2) EU Risk Assessment Report for LAB, May 1997
(3) IPCS Environmental Health Criteria 169, WHO, 1996
(4) Nielsen et al. 1997
(5) Soap and Detergent Association, 1996
1.6 LABELLING AND CLASSIFICATION
Labelling
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