EU TIGHTENS RULES ON HANDLING POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COATING CHEMICALS
January 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PAINT and coatings manufacturers will be screening the latest classification of 200 chemicals by the European Commission as carcinogenic, mutagenic or harmful to reproduction, because their use could need special authorisation under the REACH chemical control system. Brussels has also added another 400 chemicals those covered by controls under the European Union's (EU) dangerous substances directive. These rules will also become stricter from January 20, when this law is replaced by an EU regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging ...
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