Abstract: The process of detecting the presence on a surface of at least one of bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide and bis(2-chloroethyl)imine, including (a) providing a solution comprising at least one dyestuff selected from the group consisting of brilliant blue R, guinea green B, neutral red, and lissamine green B, which at least one dyestuff is capable of fluorescing and is capable, when applied as a solution, of forming an adduct with at least one of bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide and bis(2-chloroethyl)imine when present on a surface, which at least one adduct, is capable of fluorescing in a spectral range which is different from that of the corresponding at least one dyestuff; (b) applying the solution to the surface; (c) irradiating the surface onto which the solution has been applied with light having a wavelength effective to excite the at least one dyestuff and, when present, the at least one adduct, and induce light emission by fluorescence therefrom; (d) measuring the wavelength of the light emitted from the surface; and

Abstract: The invention relates to an adhesive film, such as a label system or the like, formed from a film of a copolymer of acrylic and/or methacrylic acid, as well as acrylate and/or methacrylate soluble in aqueous alkali and an adhesive applied to the film and which is soluble in aqueous alkali. The adhesive film as a whole is dissolvable in the aqueous alkali and is suitable, particularly in colored printed form, for water-resistant labels, but which are easily removable in aqueous alkali. The copolymer can be recovered again from the aqueous system by a precipitation with acid.