Dow Biocides

Dow Biocides Completes First Round of BPD Registration

As part of its continued investment, Dow Biocides (a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company (Dow)) has recently submitted completed dossiers to the European Union (EU) authorities as part of the requirements of the Biocidal Products Directive (BPD), meeting the July 31, 2007 deadline.  Each dossier contains 15-20 binders full of toxicology, environmental, risk assessment, efficacy, and technical and safety information on its key biocidal actives that relate to in-can preservatives; metalworking preservatives; and the disinfectant product group which covers human hygiene, private area & public health area disinfectants; veterinary hygiene; food & feed area disinfectants and drinking water disinfectants.