Today, a group of 50 patient organisations, healthcare professionals and scientists sent a letter to the UK Government urging it to align with the EU’s update to its own toy safety regulation. The letter calls for the UK to match the science-led approach taken in the EU. The decision to update the EU's toy safety regulation was driven by an assessment showing that the … [Read more...] about Patient organisations, healthcare professionals and scientists urge action on harmful chemicals in toys
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PFAS-free alternatives in Lithium-ion Batteries: perspectives from a scientific researcher
To coincide with the release of our updated FAQs on PFAS-free alternatives in green technologies, CHEM Trust sat down with Eleni Savvidou, a PhD researcher at Stockholm University. Eleni’s research focuses on understanding the occurrences of PFAS, how to analyse them, and what PFAS-free alternatives might look like in a range of consumer and technical applications, such … [Read more...] about PFAS-free alternatives in Lithium-ion Batteries: perspectives from a scientific researcher
An Action Plan for the EU chemicals industry: some positives, but who needs carcinogens in cosmetics?
The Commission on Tuesday presented an "Action Plan for the Chemical industry" to the European Parliament in Strasbourg. On the positive side, this includes a legislative proposal to strengthen the EU chemicals agency ECHA, and confirms the Commission's plan for a targeted revision of the EU's main chemicals law REACH. However, it also proposes using a fast-track 'omnibus' … [Read more...] about An Action Plan for the EU chemicals industry: some positives, but who needs carcinogens in cosmetics?
