Author bibliography: Martin Heels

Articles by this author (latest first):

• Evaluating a material’s propensity to discolour
• Causes of discolouration in footwear
• Testing for PAHs in rubbers and plastics
• Assessing salt spue on footwear uppers
• Persistent Organic Pollutants and shoemaking
• Why some white upper materials discolour
• Abbreviations for polymeric materials
• Innocuousness of safety footwear
• New SATRA RSL available
• Residual VOCs in footwear
• Phthalate restrictions update
• Terminology for REACH and restricted substances
• New REACH restrictions
• New SATRA test method for odour control
• Testing for nickel in footwear and leathergoods
• Ageing leather to help assess the formation of chromium VI
• Children’s wellingtons
• Critical restricted substances for basic footwear styles
• Selecting specimens for chemical testing
• Disperse dyes and footwear production
• Chemical testing: answering retailers’ questions
• Restricted substances – more than just legislation
• The chemical testing of leather
• PAHs found in rubbers and plastics
• Restricted substances applicable to leather
• Updated SATRA RSL now available
• Managing consumer complaints – part 8: allergies
• Managing consumer complaints – part 7: discolouration
• Know your PVC
• Restrictions on nonylphenol ethoxylates
• Answering members’ questions on chemical testing
• RoHS 2 and the footwear industry
• REACH: What is an 'article'?
• PAH legislation update
• Chemical testing made simple pt 3: azo dyes
• Chemical testing made simple pt 2: phthalates
• Chemical testing made simple pt 1: chromium VI testing
• Up-to-date advice on restricted substances
• Lead Regulation (EU) No. 2015/628
• US lead and phthalate legislation
• Leather chromium VI failures
• Persistent organic pollutants in footwear materials
• The dangers from factory dust
• Monitoring solvent vapour levels
• Abbreviations used in chemical testing techniques
• New Restricted Substances List now available
• Forthcoming European PAH legislation
• Restricted substances in a global market
• Blooms and spues on footwear
• REACH and restricted substance terminology
• New SATRA footwear RSL available
• Odours in footwear
• A guide to polymer abbreviations
• RoHS 2: implications for the footwear industry
• Combating discolouration
• Factory noise
• Cadmium legislation update
• Chromium VI legislation
• Sampling of materials for chemical testing
• Isocyanates in the workplace
• Monitoring the dangers from dust