REACH PROPOSALS
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has finally bitten the bullet and formally proposed its reform of the European Union's chemical control system. Following months of lobbying from chemical producers and downstream users such as the adhesives and sealants industries, Brussels settled on a compromise, watering down restrictions written into earlier drafts. While these may mollify some critics in the chemical and related industries it will anger environmentalists, who will now use their political muscle to persuade the European Parliament to amend the new ...
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