🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Leading Belgian politicians get checked up for ‘forever chemicals’.

The Belgian NGO Bond Beter Leefmilieu has started a national campaign to test politicians for "forever chemicals", PFAS.

Deputy Prime Minister Petra de Sutter, Flemish Environment Minister Zuhal Demir, and regional leaders such as Mieke Schauvliege, Jos D'Haese and Gwenny De Vro already got checked up. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-vh15kc39-13zb

#PFAS #HumanHealth #ForeverChemicals

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Chemical grouping – ECHA identified nearly 500 chemicals of concern requiring action in 2022.

Thanks to the assessment of chemicals in groups, in 2022 the European Chemicals Agency identified nearly 500 chemicals of concern that may need further regularity risk management, such as a restriction or harmonised classification. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-rd1z890h-8jq.

#ToxicFreeProductsBy2030 #chemicals #HumanHealth #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalUniverse

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU – Council proposes not to change classification rules for complex substances, after industry lobbying.

The EU Council has proposed not to reform classification rules for hazard properties of complex substances, such as essential oils, after intensive lobbying by the fragrance and cosmetics industries.

Read more here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-rd1z890h-8jq

#toxicfreeproducts #chemicals #humanhealth #EUGreenDeal #CLP

RT @FAOLandWater: #SoilPollution is silently jeopardizing our planet and well-being.

🌱 Join the INSOP online session & understand how contaminants impact #Soil and #HumanHealth #SoilHealth

📅 June 13-15 at 12 pm CEST
📝 Register👉🏿 https://t.co/Ry5yh9BUVI
👉🏿 Read more: https://t.co/PfYc3lFYJ8 https://t.co/LvS51HoF3F

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_ENV/status/1668187734563856384

🆕 This week in #ToxicFree4EU:

- The European Commission announces control damage on toxic bisphenol A, and proposes a ban in food contact materials

- German chemicals industry lobby calls for lowering ambition of the REACH revision, after it won delays

Read more here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-n4up7eus-1box

#FoodPackaging #FoodContainers #HumanHealth #EnvironmentalProtection #REACHrevisionNOW #ToxicFreeProductsBy2030

RT @GENetwork: Chemicals, waste & pollution threaten #HumanHealth.

Raising their importance within the ongoing #WHA76, this event will discuss such links & a draft resolution tabled by 🇵🇪,🇨🇦, 🇨🇴, 🇪🇨, 🇲🇽, 🇲🇨,🇨🇭,🇺🇾, 🇪🇺.

📆 25 May, 8:00 CEST
📍 PDN & Online
▶️ https://t.co/Tte5pBau1C https://t.co/2yO4Lbc41Z

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EU_UNGeneva/status/1661283569283612679

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - German doctors call on von der Leyen to revise REACH

The German medical association Bundesärztekammer called on its fellow medical colleague, the European Commission President von der Leyen, to revise the EU chemicals safety law as soon as possible, to protect the health of Europeans.

Read more about their request here 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-av31r0gi-1af7 #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #REACHrevisionNOW #humanhealth #toxicfreeproducts

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU briefing. Here our stories:

1. Commissioner Sinkevičius hopes for a REACH revision publication by summer
👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-dckjhuo2-tfo

2. The Green 10 grilled Commissioner Breton on the REACH revision
👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-dckjhuo2-tfo

#EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #toxicfree #toxicfreeproducts #futuregenerations #REACHrevisionNOW

RT @PARC_chemicals: Excited to share with you our new PARC website!
👉https://www.eu-parc.eu/

#chemicals #riskassessment #Safe-and-sustainable-by-design #humanhealth #environment #innovative tools #zeropollution #carcinogenicity #endocrine disruptors #sciencetopolicy?

Website design @RNDRnl

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/EUEnvironment/status/1631584180038426624

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU briefing 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-cfajdi6e-jsi

1️⃣ REACH revision stuck in Commission politics
The timing of the REACH revision proposal is a matter of politics, Commission officials told MEPs.

2️⃣ Forever Pollution Project: journalists mapped the horror of #PFAS pollution in Europe

3️⃣ Revision of #CLP: discussions start in Council, rapporteur and shadows appointed in the Parliament

#chemicals #toxicfreeproducts #EUGreenDeal #REACHrevisionNOW #CLP #environmentalprotection #humanhealth

RT @plasticheal: ESSENTIAL.
@SfEP #FutureBrief explores the latest research on #nanoplastics: detection, assessment & monitoring, environmental impacts, ecotoxicity & fate; & their potential impacts on #humanhealth
Over 10 references to papers by #PlasticHeal team.
🔬https://environment.ec.europa.eu/publications/future-brief-nanoplastics-state-knowledge-and-environmental-and-human-health-impacts-issue-27_en
#MNPL

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1626259075242639360

🆕 Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern

#ToxicFree4EU

Melamine, a persistent substance, suspected of causing cancer and damaging fertility, has been identified as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) and added to the candidate list for REACH authorisation.

Read more on the role of the SVHC list 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-c4f99252-12v3

#ECHA #toxicfreeproducts #chemicals #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #EUGreenDeal #melamine

🆕 Toxic tableware: Melamine caught by the EU list of substances of very high concern

#ToxicFree4EU

Melamine, a persistent substance, suspected of causing cancer and damaging fertility, has been identified as a substance of very high concern (SVHC) and added to the candidate list for REACH authorisation.

Read more on the role of the SVHC list 👉 https://lnkd.in/e-xgAApP

#ECHA #toxicfreeproducts #chemicals #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #EUGreenDeal #melamine

RT @CEEwebEurope@twitter.com

📖 Have you already read our recent report on #BiomassEnergy in #Hungary?

We found that without significant policy change, #bioenergy in #Hungary is likely to continue to have negative impacts on the #climate, #biodiversity, #FoodSystems and #HumanHealth

https://www.ceeweb.org/publication.php?id=775

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CEEwebEurope/status/1615359464454115329

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - READ more on the first target for chemical pollution under the new Framework for Biodiversity 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-plnt7m9w-342
#toxicfree #chemicals #biodiversity #environmentalprotection #humanhealth

Evidence of the links btwn. #biodiversity and #humanhealth are emerging. Biodiversity & #Habitat is one of 52 category #indicators for the #EPI. Most #ASEAN nations demonstrated marginal-to-poor indicator scores, but all saw a (+) positive 10-year change. Here are their scores,
#Lao PDR =74.9(2nd in #AsiaPacific)
#Cambodia =65.8
#Brunei =58.5
#Philippines =54.2
#Malaysia =51.9
#Thailand =51.4
#Indonesia =51.2
#Vietnam =27.9
#Singapore =25.3
#Myanmar =21.8
#SDGs
https://epi.yale.edu/epi-results/2022/component/bdh

#Oceanconservancy finds that #Thailand is one of 4 #ASEAN nations + #China responsible for 50% of #ocean #plasticswaste, which can come from land sources. In early-mid 2022 Thailand passed a law banning #singleuseplastics in all of its National Parks w/fines up to $3K USD for violators. Protecting the region's #wildlife is key to #biodiversity which is key to protecting #humanhealth; but is there the will AND resources for compliance/enforcement to be taken seriously?
https://www.thejakartapost.com/culture/2022/04/06/thai-national-parks-ban-single-use-plastics.html

The World Wide Fund for #Nature a local #environmental NGO based in #Myanmar actively continues to conduct field studies incl. those looking @ the state of #aquatic #biodiversity. They're finding species habitat 'shifts' likely due in part to #industrial #pollution. The importance of their work goes to the link btwn biodiversity and #humanhealth, that is also suppressed by the authoritarian whims of an anti-ecological #junta known for corrupt #economic #profiteering.
https://southeastasiaglobe.com/a-dangerous-tipping-point-myanmars-aquatic-species-at-risk-as-conflict-continues/

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - First stop for the Restrictions roadmap: harmful chemicals in childcare articles. The European Commission kicked off the Restrictions roadmap implementation with the launch of a fast-track restriction for carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic substances in childcare articles like pushchairs or pacifiers. 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-g960q4hu-an4

#toxicfreeproducts #futuregenerations #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #toxicfree #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #CMRs #babies

🆕 #ToxicFree4EU - ECHA gives green light to ban lead use in shooting and fishing.
The expert committees of the European Chemicals Agency support a restriction proposal of the use of lead in outdoor shooting and fishing, a very harmful chemical to human and environmental health.
Read more about what it means and the next steps 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-bfk6zvhz-cqq

#toxicfreeproducts #futuregenerations #environmentalprotection #humanhealth #toxicfree #EUGreenDeal #ChemicalsStrategy #lead