Harmful Substances Testing - Ritter Ceiling Test
Harmful substance tests. Our natural hair duvets are tested for harmful substances by the Bremen Environmental Institute on a random basis.
All relevant sources of harmful substances were included in this process.
Almost all measured values were below the detection limit.
We have had 5 qualities tested for harmful substances according to the guidelines of the IVN (International Association of Natural Textile Industry) so far.
Ritter Duvets, test reports from the Bremen Environmental Institute
You can access the test reports via the following links:
2023:
Cashmere duvet Kaschimoon - PDF
Yak duvet Himalaya - PDF
Cashmere duvet Kirman Schah - PDF
2022:
Alpaca duvet Suri Baby – PDF
Cashmere duvet Kaschimoon – PDF
2021:
Alpaca duvet La Paz – PDF
Cotton bedding program – PDF
Alpaca duvet Lima Star – PDF
Yak duvet Himalaya – PDF
2015:
Cotton bedding program – Baumwollbett.pdf
Alpaca duvet Suri Baby – Alpakadecke_Suri_Baby.pdf
Alpaca duvet Perulama – Alpakadecke_Perulama.pdf
Camel hair duvet Maharajah – Kamelhaardecke_Maharadscha.pdf
Yak duvet Himalaya – Yakdecke_Himalaya.pdf
Valid EU law according to Reach
Reach: the Reach regulation at EU level stands for a registration of all known environmentally harmful substances or chemicals that may be contained in the product. It also includes some chemicals that must not be contained in the product, or may only be contained with an exemption. In principle, the manufacturer or the person who places the product on the market is liable for compliance with the limit values. The sum of the harmful substances contained must not exceed 0.1% of the product weight. The limit values refer to various types of products.
In my opinion, the Reach regulation is a step in the right direction.
However, for products like sleeping duvets, the legal limit values are set so generously
that it is not a major obstacle to fall below these legally applicable limit values.
The consumer is given a certain product safety that seems questionable.
With the sum of the permissible pollutant values of a maximum of 0.1%, 1 g of pollutants per 1000 grams may therefore be contained according to Reach.
In the tests of the Bremen Environmental Institute (according to IVN guidelines), pollutants are tested in milligrams. So in 0.001 gram steps. If, for example, a pollutant content of 20 mg is measured, it means that the pollutant content is 0.020 grams. This means it is 50 times lower
than what would be allowed according to Reach.
This statement merely reflects my own opinion.
Anyone who wishes to delve deeper and more thoroughly into the Reach regulation can do so using the relevant keywords.
