The 27-nation European Union moved to adopt a huge body of climate and environment laws since a new team of top officials took the reins in 2019, but stalled chemical safety updates are a key exception that’s eluded their grasp.
An overhaul of the EU’s main chemical safety law, REACH (Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals), was promised in 2020, but it hasn’t happened, and it’s unclear if it ever will.
The European Commission—led by the top commissioners responsible for proposing new EU laws—says an upgrade of REACH won’t be proposed before the ...
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