REACH REPLICAS IN ASIA SHOULD BE CLOSELY MONITORED, SAY EXPERTS
November 1st, 2014
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) seems to have sparked a regulatory trend with its REACH chemical control system, with more and more countries in Asia adopting REACH-inspired chemical management laws. Thus textile finishing units, companies and suppliers will have to pay increasingly close attention to chemical regulations in Asia-Pacific countries such as China and South Korea.Experts dealing with chemicals across a wide range of industry sectors were warned about the issue at a major chemicals conference in Chicago, USA, in late October: “The legislation is changing ...
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