As part of its revision of REACH, the EU now wants to subject fewer substances to an accelerated restriction procedure than it originally planned. The procedure is to apply to substances in articles that have a high potential of exposure to consumers and professionals. According to the current version of…
Ever since substance groups instead of individual substances have been undergoing evaluation, the number of substances that require harmonized classification and labeling (CLH) has risen significantly. Just last year some 1,900 substances were involved – three times as many as in the year before. Of those, 1,650 are registered under…