EU MINISTERS RESTRICT CADMIUM USE IN PVC
March 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers yesterday (Monday Feb 28) passed rules further restricting the marketing and use of cadmium in PVC, because of health and environmental concerns. The new rules have been written into the EU's REACH chemical control regulation. A council communiqué said the reforms had been approved "to take account of the conclusions of recent scientific studies showing the need to supplement the existing REACH provisions on cadmium with the aim to further increase the protection of human health and the ...
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