Dr John McKeon, our Chief Executive Officer, recently returned from Atlanta, Georgia, where he attended the American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) F11 committee meetings on vacuum cleaners.  This was the first time a representative of Allergy Standards Ltd attended the ASTM vacuum cleaner committee meetings and ASL were invited to attended by Inter Basic Resources (IBR), Grasslakes, Michigan headed up by Susan Goldsmith.

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The Filtech Conference in Wiesbaden, Germany was held last week from Tuesday 13^th to Thursday 15^th October. Dr. Tim Yeomans from Allergy Standards Limited was among the attendees of this biennial international conference. With over 160 exhibitors and many more delegates, this conference is a must for those involved in the filtering and particle industry. Exhibitors ranged from primary manufacturers of filter media, to those manufacturing finished product filters and producers of cutting edge particle monitors.

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Did you realise that certifying products as asthma & allergy friendly^TM ensures that they are future proofed against some upgrades in legislation? We started testing for phthalates in toys with plastic components some years ago and toy manufacturers who certified their toys asthma & allergy friendly^TM have since enjoyed the benefits of not having to play catch up when phthalate testing became mandatory in North America in Feb 2009 (CPSIA, Section 108).

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  The last decade or so has seen an exponential increase in the amount of products that are sold or marketed as being environmentally friendly. This explosion of environmentally friendly products has created an interesting challenge in the cleaning products sector: Although some cleaning products may truly claim to be green, their safety in use for those with asthma and allergies is not as clear.

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The 13^th EFA meeting entitled the Future of Patient Organisations: was held in Rome in June and ASL attendees included Dr. John McKeon (CEO) and Dr. Tim Yeomans (Senior Scientific Researcher). EFA is a European network of patient organisations that was established to serve the needs and safeguard the rights of patients and their carers.

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In January 2009 Member States of the EU voted to ban dimethyl fumarate (DMF) from consumer products¹. DMF is an anti-fungal/biocidal agent and is known to cause physical reactions like dermatitis or allergies. It has been banned from the European market in consumer products as of 1 May 2009. Member states of the EU have the responsibility to ensure that products containing DMF are prohibited from being placed or made available on the market; products already on the market containing more than 0.1 mg/kg will also have to be removed from shelves and may not be sold as of 1 May 2009.

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