#ToxicFreeProducts: Unanimous support in the Environment committee of the European Parliament to ban the most harmful chemicals from toys: PFAS, bisphenols, and several classes of hazardous substances. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-qw938a2p-hsy
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🆕 #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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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Restriction on hormone-disrupting bisphenols back to the drawing board.
The German competent authority "temporarily" withdrew its restriction of bisphenol A and other bisphenols, following a public consultation that elicited further data from industry on emissions and uses. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-vh15kc39-13zb
🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Council proposes not to change classification rules for complex substances, after industry lobbying.
The EU Council has proposed not to reform classification rules for hazard properties of complex substances, such as essential oils, after intensive lobbying by the fragrance and cosmetics industries.
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🆕 Forever chemicals group PFHxA up for a ban in certain products, industrial uses off the hook.
The European Commission excluded industrial uses and production from the draft restriction of PFHxA chemicals. Only uses in certain products for general public are covered. Read more here: 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-tomvqlr4-19rz
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🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH
The German medical association Bundesärztekammer called on its fellow medical colleague, the European Commission President von der Leyen, to revise the EU chemicals safety law as soon as possible, to protect the health of Europeans.
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