Strasbourg, 13/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - REACH's fate has been decided. The draft regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation of Chemicals in the EU is currently being adopted to enter into force in 2007. After three years of bitter negotiations, the European Parliament on 13 December in Strasbourg gave its green light in a second reading for this novel legislation, which was proposed in October 2003. REACH will make producers responsible for proving the innocuousness of their...