The first review in 30 years of EU legislation on chemicals is currently at the stage of public consultation, deadline for comments is 10 July 2003. The proposed legislation is designed to control harmful and toxic chemicals which are used in every day comsumer products and which accumulate in the body.
There are currently over 100 000 chemicals approved for the EU market but there is little or no safety data on long-term exposure to many of these chemicals. This means that European citizens are being used as guinea pigs and there is no obligation on industry to sustitute or abandon harmful chemicals.
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