Toxics: news & resources
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Health and Environment NGOs comment on Bisphenol A ban
NGOs respond to recent reports that the European Commission will ban the use of organic compound ...
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Hungary could take lead on tackling ticking toxic time bombs from mining
Hungary, about to take on the EU presidency, could use its position to mount a major push on ...
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Hungary toxic mud disaster could have been avoided
An aerial photograph taken in June showing a damaged and clearly leaking sludge pond wall shows ...
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European food panel fails to protect EU citizen’s health from plastic component, BPA
The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL), WWF, CHEM Trust and Breast Cancer UK are dismayed at ...
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Commission and Member States Improve Criteria for Hazardous Chemicals
Earlier this week the European Commission and Member States decided to improve the approach for ...
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Chemical cocktails: harmful mixtures upset our hormones
This leaflet shows that there are opportunities to better implement chemicals legislation to ...
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20 years on, Arctic unprepared for another Exxon Valdez
Two decades after the Exxon Valdez oil tanker struck Bligh Reef and spilt millions of litres of oil ...
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Better criteria needed to define PBT chemicals
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First REACH hazardous chemicals list is a drop in the ocean
The first-ever list of 15 hazardous chemicals released today by the European Chemicals Agency ...
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Chinese central bank and WWF outline greener banking roadmap
Chinese commercial banks should establish environmental reporting, assessment, management, and risk ...
