...The European parliament is set to vote on new EU chemicals legislation (Reach) this autumn, but the WWF argues that industry lobbying has weakened the proposal so much that it would be little improvement on current legislation.... more...

...The Brewery, London - 12th October 2006. A one-day seminar providing a practical guide for the metals industry on preparing for Europe’s new chemical legislation REACH (Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals) will affect anyone producing and/or importing metals and minerals into the European Union.... more...

...THE true scale of chemical intrusion into our daily lives has been exposed as research shows the toxins in "healthy" foods like eggs and milk. . . This autumn, the European Parliament will vote on the new EU chemicals legislation (REACH - Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), which was designed to protect people and wildlife from harmful man-made chemicals. WWF Cymru urges UK MEPs and the Labour Government to ensure that chemicals of very high concern, including hormone disrupting chemicals, should be replaced with safer alternatives whenever available.... more...

...Campaigners for WWF say Tory MEPs are trying to water down European legislation that would restrict which chemicals can be used in industry. They say party leader David Cameron is failing to stop this, despite efforts to raise the party's green credentials. The proposed set of laws are known as the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals (Reach).... more...

...Why do we need REACH? How will REACH work? What are the benefits and costs? What is the state of play? How ill REACH be implemented?... more...

...Canada should instead be emulating the precautionary approach of the European Union (EU), which is bringing in new regulations for toxic chemicals through its REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) legislation, and which, despite the objections of the chemical industry and the Bush administration, will be implemented in 2007.... more...

..."The lobbying and political pressure the EU executive body faced concerning the REACH proposal was more intense than [during the progress of] any other legislation the current Commission has proposed since taking office in 1999," declared former EU Commissioners Margot Wallstrom (Environment) and Erkki Liikanen (Enterprise) as quoted by Greenpeace.... more...

...REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulations, expected to come into force in spring 2007, would make manufacturers and importers of materials responsible, at their own expense, for submitting data on physical, chemical and toxicological properties of all materials, not just flame retardants.... more...

...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. It is likely to change the economics of certain chemicals, or families of chemicals, both in terms of one-off as well as ongoing compliance costs.... more...

...The fundamental flaw of Reach - which stands for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals - is that it is not carefully tailored to address possible harms, and its potentially enormous costs are not offset by enough clearly identifiable health benefits.... more...