ECHA WARNS MINERALS COMPANIES MUST TAKE LEAD OVER REACH REGISTRATION
February 3rd, 2013
Industrial minerals companies are being asked by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to step forward and lead safety assessments of their materials in a current second registration process under European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH. ECHA is concerned that around 700 of the substances industry surveys had shown EU companies wanted to register this year have not been registered. And no company has said it will coordinate the safety checks required for their registration.Materials lacking a registration cannot be used in manufacturing within the EU or ...
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