Health & Safety Newsletter
November 20, 2008

This Week´s Featured News Stories
European Chemicals Agency tackles REACH registration fiasco
The European Chemicals Agency (ECA) has moved to alleviate fears that problems with its IT systems could leave companies unable to pre-register the chemicals they use ahead of an EU-wide deadline of 1 December, effectively resulting in them being unable to legally import or manufacture certain chemicals. Under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) directive all firms manufacturing or importing over a tonne of chemical substances are required to register with the ECA as part of a Europe-wide audit designed to provide the groundwork for the future phasing ...
Campaign launched to reduce cancers due to pesticide exposure
Two health and environment groups have come together to launch a campaign to prevent cancers that are associated with exposure to pesticides. It will be known as the Pesticides and Cancer Campaign. The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) based in Brussels and the Mouvement pour le Droit et le Respect des Générations Futures in Paris believe that stricter regulation on the use of herbicides, fungicides and insecticides could have a significant impact on health in Europe.  “At least, one in every hundred cancers diagnosed each year in Europe may be directly associated with exposure to pesticides. ...
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