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Putting chemical pollution on the agenda at party conferences 2025

October 8, 2025 By Chloe Topping

From the left: Chloe Topping, Anna Gelderd MP, Lorraine Beavers MP, Sarah Moore, Dr Shubhi Sharma Photography by Danny Fitzpatrick / DFphotography.

We were delighted this year to host events at both the Liberal Democrat and Labour party conferences, ensuring chemical pollution and the policy solutions needed to address it were on the agenda. First, we headed to Bournemouth for the Liberal Democrat party conference for our joint event with the Green Liberal Democrats, ‘Turning over a green leaf: how closer UK-EU … [Read more...] about Putting chemical pollution on the agenda at party conferences 2025

Turning over a green leaf: how closer UK-EU collaboration would benefit the environment

September 5, 2025 By Chloe Topping

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This year, CHEM Trust will be hosting a fringe event at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in partnership with the Green Liberal Democrats: ‘Turning over a green leaf: how closer UK-EU collaboration would benefit the environment’ will focus on what the changing relationship between the UK and the EU could offer in terms of better environmental protection. Sunday 21st … [Read more...] about Turning over a green leaf: how closer UK-EU collaboration would benefit the environment

The Brexit trade deal: what it means for the UK’s protection from hazardous chemicals

December 28, 2020 By Michael Warhurst

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Following the finalisation of a new Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, CHEM Trust's initial assessment is that this agreement does not adequately protect human health and the environment in the UK from hazardous chemicals. This is because it doesn't retain UK access to the EU's chemicals regulation system REACH. The agreement … [Read more...] about The Brexit trade deal: what it means for the UK’s protection from hazardous chemicals

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