EU REPORT OUTLINES REQUIRED HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT TEST REFORMS
November 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A JOINT report from the European Union's (EU) scientific committees on emerging and newly identified health risks; consumer safety; and health and environmental risks has outlined necessary improvements for human and ecological risk assessments of products. The committees conduct extensive checks on cosmetics. The paper calls for many changes, including new methods on testing nanomaterials; comparing and monitoring data on chemical mixes; and better assessments of polar and ionised chemicals. It adds that "major changes are also needed in ...
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