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NICNAS

"D5 is listed on the Australian Inventory of Chemical Substances. It is not listed on the Hazardous Substances Information System (HSIS) as a hazardous chemical. NICNAS regulates the introduction of industrial chemicals, including cosmetics. NICNAS also assesses chemicals already in use in Australia on a priority basis, in response to specific concerns about their potential health and/or environmental effects. If NICNAS's risk assessment identifies adverse health and/or environmental effects, additional controls are recommended to agencies with risk management responsibility for worker safety, public health and environmental risks arising from chemicals.

Currently D5 is not being assessed for human or environmental health effects." Sami Syed, NICNAS, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing as of 29th May, 2009.


Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management

"People's quality of life depends largely on the quality of the environment . . . The Department of Evnironment and Natural Resource Management (DERM) plays a vital role in protecting this environment. . . One piece of legislation administered by DERM is the Environmental Protection Act 1994 (EP Act) which regulates activities and substances which have the potential to harm the environment. The EP Act has identified Perchloroethylene (Perc) as being one substance that has the potential to adversely impact on the environment."

"What alternatives are there to using Perc? Several alternatives exist using silicon- water- and carbon dioxide-based solvents. These alternatives can be more energy efficient, and can avoid the cost of hazardous chemical disposal and health and safety concerns associated with Perc." Omar Ameer, A/Director Compiance and Investigations, 3 October 2009.


Facts & Research


Environmental Safety
GreenEarth Chemistry
Numerous studies have considered the possible effects in the air, water and soil by D5.

Tests and resulting exemptions show that D5 does not impact ozone, it is not a greenhouse gas, and it does not interact with greenhouse gases.

The GreenEarth Solution is odourless. No odour is left on the garments after the drying cycle is completed. This means no odour in shoulder pads of suit coats or in cotton sweaters where you would normally expect it.

GreenEarth is not a Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) as concluded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of California. Both of these agencies have exempted D5 liquid silicone as a VOC due to its very low reactivity in air. The Federal EPA's final rule making was published in the Federal Register No. 192, pages 50693 through 50696 on 5 October 1994.

The results of studies, reviewed by the State of Illinois concluded that: "The environmental modeling and testing, as well as the results of field sampling, clearly indicate that there are no significant environmental risk from the use of D5 in dry cleaning."

Research addressing bioaccumulation concerns reports no risk to the environment.

The Siloxane D5 Board of Review under authority of the Canadian Minister of the Environment and of Health inquired into the nature and extent of the danger posed by decamethylcyclopentasiloxane, or Siloxane D5, (CAS # 541-02-6; D5) to the Canadian environment or its biological diversity.

Taking into account the intrinsic properties of Siloxane D5 and all of the available scientific information, the Board concluded that "Siloxane D5 does not pose a danger to the environment."

There is no evidence to demonstrate that Siloxane D5 is toxic to any organism tested up to the limit of solubility in any environmental matrix. The Board is of the view that Siloxane D5 will not accumulate to sufficiently great concentrations to cause adverse effects in organisms in air, water, soils, or sediments.

Furthermore, the Board concluded that, based on the information before it, the projected future uses of Siloxane D5 will not pose a danger to the environment.

The Commonwealth & Queensland

Controlled waste is the term used in the National Measure for waste types listed as having environmentally significant characteristics. In Queensland, controlled waste is referred to as trackable waste.

D5 is not listed as a Controlled Waste.

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