EUROPEAN COMMISSION ADDS 800 CHEMICALS TO DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES CONTROL LOST
September 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR expansion of European Union (EU) controls on the use of potentially hazardous materials has been launched by the European Commission. It has added more than 800 substances to those covered by the EU's dangerous substances directive. Nearly 290 have been identified as causing cancer, genetic mutation, or damaging reproduction: under the EU's REACH legislation, these materials are subject to special authorisation. *Full list - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:246:0001:0191:EN:PDF
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A MAJOR expansion of European Union (EU) controls on the use of potentially hazardous materials has been launched by the European Commission. It has added more than 800 substances to those covered by the EU's dangerous substances directive. Nearly 290 have been identified as causing cancer, genetic mutation, or damaging reproduction: under the EU's REACH legislation, these materials are subject to special authorisation. *Full list - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:246:0001:0191:EN:PDF
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