PVC INDUSTRY DISMAYED AT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT MOVE ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS
June 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN plastics industry has reacted with dismay to moves at the European Parliament to demand special assessments for the use of PVC in electrical and electronic equipment. Industry body PlasticsEurope says such checks would go beyond the requirements of REACH, the European Union's (EU) chemical control system. Wilfried Haensel, the association's executive director, said: "We are very disappointed that yet again we face a proposal that has no basis in sound scientific evidence or care for appropriate methodology." He said ...
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