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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10714
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) environment

REACH does not work due to ECHA, NGOs say

Brussels, 19/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - Six years after the adoption of REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), the EU regulation which seeks to protect European citizens and the environment from exposure to dangerous chemicals, has not attained its goal. The reason for this is due to the failures of the EU Chemical Agency (ECHA), states a report published on Thursday 18 October. Jointly carried out by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and...

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