🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – ECHA’s flame retardants strategy goes in the right direction but is too slow – interview with Prof de Boer.
This week, we interviewed Professor of environmental chemistry and toxicology, Jacob de Boer. Read more about his assessment of ECHA’s strategy on flame retardants 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-8zr9674n-11z4
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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Environment Committee supports a rapid ban of forever chemicals PFAS in food contact packaging.
The Environment Committee in the European Parliament wants to rapidly ban the ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS, and the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A, in all food contact packaging.
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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Environment Committee gets exclusive competencies on the chemicals part of the Toys Safety law revision.
The Environment Committee in the European Parliament asked for and obtained exclusive and shared competence on the chemicals-related parts of the Toys Safety law revision.
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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Toxic-free toys: MEP Walsmann, from the CDU, to lead Parliament’s work on the law reform
The new Toy Safety Regulation proposed by the Commission implements a central element of the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Read more on the main elements of the reform and the stakeholders’ views on the file 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-ey25jwrq-c9t
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🔥 If you have some time during the Summer, check out our profile on BASF, the biggest chemicals producer in the world, is a political and lobby powerhouse.
👉https://corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-romance-politicians-basf
#HealthNotToxics
#ToxicFreeFuture
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/corporateeurope/status/1691040895460610048
The biggest chemical producer in the world, German company BASF is a political powerhouse and has used its influence to push back against chemicals regulation in the EU. No wonder, when its products include ‘forever’ chemicals and hazardous pesticides. Check out our new profile.
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It’s now urgent to #PutREACHRight.
❓Will Commission publish #EU_REACH proposal in June or will it hand another lobby win to industry & centre-right MEPs❓
❓Will decision-makers prioritise #HealthNotToxics & move towards a #ToxicFreeFuture❓
https://corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-romance-politicians-basf
The biggest chemical producer in the world, German company BASF is a political powerhouse and has used its influence to push back against chemicals regulation in the EU. No wonder, when its products include ‘forever’ chemicals and hazardous pesticides. Check out our new profile.
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@HealthandEnv have also produced an informative briefing on this topic.
https://www.env-health.org/qa-on-animal-testing-and-chemical-safety-assessments/
We are exposed to a wide mix of potentially harmful chemicals on a daily basis. To assess whether and how exposure to chemical substances can impact our health and the environment, European and national regulatory authorities rely on the results from several testing methods, including animal testing, when performing their safety assessment. In this Q&A, HEAL answers several key questions about the use of animal testing in the European Union.
CHEM Trust
The Left in the European Parli
Corporate Europe Observatory