REGULATORY ROUND UP – COATINGS CHEMICALS FACE POTENTIAL BAN OVER CANCER CONCERNS
April 1st, 2013
EUROPEAN Union (EU) restrictions could be imposed in future on three chemicals used in the EU paints and coatings sector, with member states agreeing that they may be carcinogenic, mutagenic or harmful to reproduction. Toluene, ethylene oxide and tributyl phosphate (TBP) have been assessed under the EU’s ‘community rolling action plan’ (CoRAP) programme (NAME IS CORRECT), which is part of Europe’s chemical control system REACH. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said consensus has been reached about the “suspected concern” over these chemicals and ...
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