EU CHEMICAL CONTROLS
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the potentially toxic solvent toluene should not be used to make spray paints, where its concentration is 0.1 per cent or more by mass. If the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers agrees, these spray paints could not be used or sold in the EU. The move follows a Commission assessment of toluene's risks to human health and the environment, confirmed by the EU's scientific committee on toxicity, ecotoxicity and the environment.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the potentially toxic solvent toluene should not be used to make spray paints, where its concentration is 0.1 per cent or more by mass. If the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers agrees, these spray paints could not be used or sold in the EU. The move follows a Commission assessment of toluene's risks to human health and the environment, confirmed by the EU's scientific committee on toxicity, ecotoxicity and the environment.
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