...While most of the attention in Brussels is focused on the REACH proposal, industry is moving on with a multi-million innovation plan aimed at taking it closer to environmental sustainability.... more...

...The chemicals industry has witnessed massive structural changes recently, but is set to experience even further consolidation, according to 'Chemical Compounds,' a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. . . . The introduction of new initiatives such as REACH (the European Union's draft law on the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) is inevitably going to play a greater role in deal activity going forward.... more...

...The British Chemical Distributors and Traders Association (BCDTA) has concerns over the financial implications of REACH, the new European legislation governing the registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals. Prompted by the release of the draft budget for the European Chemicals Agency, the BCDTA’s statement said that the "industry’s worst fears about the financial burden that REACH will impose on smaller and medium-sized firms (SMEs) appear to be justified."... more...

...Europe's small to medium-sized businesses will be hit hard by costs planned for the European Chemicals Agency, industry representatives have warned. The latest budget for the ECA will make Europe’s chemicals regulation scheme Reach (registration, evaluation and authorisation of chemicals) 25 per cent more expensive, they claim, and small to medium-sized firms will bear the brunt.... more...

...Way back in 1976, the United States was a model of environmental progress. The Toxic Substances Control Act ordered the EPA to review all newly-introduced chemicals, evaluating how they were to be used and handled, the byproducts of their manufacture, and what exposure would do to human health.... more...

...In the second of a two-part series, Dow Corning takes a look at what companies should be doing now to prepare for the upcoming EU REACH chemical legislation slated for enforcement in April 2007.... more...

...Liberalised markets and increasing competition are leading to innovative and improved trade barriers on one pretext or the other. Latest in the series is the REACH directive of the European Union which tries to protect EU consumers and society at large from unsafe chemicals in direct and indirect forms.... more...

...In all likelihood, in the spring of 2007, the new European chemicals legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals)) will enter into force. In spite of various substantial revisions and improvements of the proposal, REACH is, without question, the most important challenge for the chemical industry in the past decades.... more...

...We export chemicals and equipment for school labs to African countries and the UK. Our buyers in UK inform us that a new legislation called REACH is due, for which we would bear the cost of registration. Will it cover all countries?... more...

...Zimbabwe's mining industry should lobby against a proposed European Union chemicals law which could add to the beleaguered mines sector's woes, an industry official said on Friday.... more...

...The debate over the EU's future chemicals policy is about to enter a decisive stage with the European Parliament likely to vote on the REACH proposal in first reading in November/December. This debate has already been described as the biggest lobbying battle in EU history.... more...

...The United States and other trading nations around the globe want the European Union (EU) to modify a sweeping new chemicals regulation that could affect the import and export of 30,000 manmade compounds, many of which are used in common products worldwide.... more...