REACH WILL FORCE CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS TO TAKE CARE OVER CHEMICAL RELEASES
June 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLCLOTHING manufacturers and importers will have to take care they are complying with the European Unions chemical control system REACH, which came into force June 1.Companies in the sector acquire responsibilities as the producers and importers of "articles", which are defined in REACH as something that has chemicals within it, but whose character is defined by the way it is made, rather than its chemical content. Obviously apparel, which contains dyes and other chemical preparations, comes into this category.As such Article 7 of the regulation ...
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