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The EU Commission’s health and consumers department caves in to farmers and industry lobby request to allow the spread of highly dangerous pest
On explicit request of the dominant farmers unions and the pesticide industry, the department ...
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Commission proposal on water pollutants lacks measures to make European waters safe and healthy
Brussels/Belgium – Today the European Commission published its delayed proposal to add 15 new ...
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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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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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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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REACH candidate list and the SIN List 1.0
On October 8th 2008, the Member State Committee of the European Chemicals Agency agreed on 15 ...
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Ninja Reineke
Senior Policy Officer, Chemicals
WWF European Policy Office
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