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Success for REACH
Since a short time ago, businesses have had an obligation to report on substances that pose a certain risk to mankind and the environment. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has for the first time published a list of substances of very high concern. Reasons for inclusion are that the substnaces are: carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction, and the list also includes persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic substances (PBTs); that is, substances which persist in the environment and the human body, accumulate there, and are toxic. As a result, the European Chemicals Regulation REACH requires businesses to advise their industrial customers if their products contain one of the chemicals identified on the list in concentrations of more than 0.1 percent. ”I encourage all consumers to make use of their right to information and to require merchants to make information about substances of very high concern available. Trade and commerce should demand safe products from manufacturers”, said Dr. Thomas Holzmann, Vice President of the Federal Environment Agency (UBA). read more
