REACH and CLP: what’s working, what’s not?

REACH and CLP have been in force since 2007 and 2009 respectively. How are things going? ECHA Newsletter had a look at two recent reports by ECHA to give some answers.
There is now a wealth of information on chemicals freely available on ECHA's website, but the data still needs to get better. The most dangerous chemicals are being phased out and many are replaced by safer alternatives, and European companies are also increasingly taking innovative approaches to finding safer alternatives to the most hazardous substances. For consumers, there is still too little information about substances of very high concern in articles (ECHA Newsletter, September 2016).
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Click here for ECHA’s reports on the operation of the REACH Regulation.

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