Chemicals related content 

Plan would see pharmaceuticals added to restricted list for the first time. The European Commission today put forward a proposal for new restrictions on chemicals...

The head of the European Chemical Industry Council sets out the case for the EU to stick to its current emissions-reduction plan. Europe set itself the bold target of...

MEPs want law to include flame-retardants and PVC but member states want to downgrade proposal. MEPs and national governments are on a collision course over whether further...

Scientists say bisphenol A is safe in small doses, but not everyone agrees. Last week, scientists advising the European Union published their assessment of studies into the...

Environment committee wants study to see if substances are safe to use in electrical goods. The European Parliament's environment committee has called for further study...

Green MEP wants a ban on flame retardants and PVC. Arguments over chemical compounds used in manufacturing electronic devices and household goods are splitting the European...

Much more needs to be done to ensure that animal testing is the last resort. It is surprising that your article on the REACH regulation on chemicals (“Complex legislation...

Companies are unhappy with REACH legislation and iImplementation is too slow, say campaigners. The REACH regulation on chemicals is one of the most ambitious laws ever to...

Three-year Commission dispute comes to an end but industry is concerned about meeting deadlines. Janez Potocnik, the European commissioner for environment, and Antonio...

Slovenia's once (and future?) European commissioner commands the podium in parliamentary hearings. Janez Potočnik is a keen volleyball player. He is also pretty good at...

To legislate on the combined effects of chemicals while our general understanding is in its infancy is misguided. Your article “Call to cut out chemicals” (17 December)...

Environment ministers call for action to prevent exposure to chemicals from multiple sources. The EU needs to take further steps to protect people from the...

Ministers want EU law to give greater protection and Danes concerned about danger to children. EU law should be extended to protect people from the cocktails of chemicals...

Heavy industry in line for special help to stop production moving abroad because of climate-change targets. Some of Europe's most polluting industries are in line for...

Some of the score of harmful pesticides to be withdrawn will remain on the market until 2018. The European Parliament has voted to restrict the use of cancer-causing and...

EU's highest court says that the emissions trading scheme does not favour chemicals and aluminium industries unjustifiably. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled...

Users of chemicals will have to provide more information to end-users. The European Chemicals Agency published on Tuesday (28 October) a list of 15 hazardous chemicals and...

Preliminary list finds that 15 chemicals used in the EU are ‘of very high concern'. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has labelled 15 chemicals currently used in the EU...

European Commission outlines suspicions about a cartel supplying energy and steel companies. A number of companies accused of operating a price-fixing cartel in the supply...

Industry groups are fighting for EU approval of controversial flame retardants, which critics say pose more dangers to health than the fires they prevent. Decabromodiphenyl...